The Task: A Poem in Six BooksBennett and Walton, no. 31, Market-street, J. Rakestraw, printer, 1811 - 212 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 16
... means of life , Society for me ! .... thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in my view ; My visit still , but never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us .. Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd ...
... means of life , Society for me ! .... thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in my view ; My visit still , but never mine abode . Not distant far , a length of colonnade Invites us .. Monument of ancient taste , Now scorn'd ...
Σελίδα 21
... mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its ...
... mean advantage from a kindred cause , From strenuous toil his hours of sweetest ease . The sedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its ...
Σελίδα 29
... Mean self - attachment , and scarce ought beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it advances far into the deep , Towards th ' antarctic . Ev'n the favour'd isles , So ...
... Mean self - attachment , and scarce ought beside . Thus fare the shiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world , Where it advances far into the deep , Towards th ' antarctic . Ev'n the favour'd isles , So ...
Σελίδα 44
... means , but he must die . Storms rise t ' o'erwhelm him : or , if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth ...
... means , but he must die . Storms rise t ' o'erwhelm him : or , if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep shall rise , And needing none assistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves ashore , and reach him there . The earth ...
Σελίδα 46
... means since first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - salve ...
... means since first he made the world ? And did he not of old employ his means To drown it ? What is his creation less Than a capacious reservoir of means Form'd for his use , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - salve ...
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50 Cents beauty beneath boast BOOK breath call'd cause charg'd charms clime death Deciduous delight distant divine dream earth ease England ev'n ev'ry fair fancy favour'd fear feeds feel field of glory flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits gives glory grace grave groves hand happy heart heav'n honour hopes and fears hosanna human king labour less lost lov'd lyre mercy Mighty winds mind mov'd nature Nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasure polish'd pow'r praise proud rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene seek seem'd shade shine sighs silent sleep sloth smiles SOFA soft song soon soul sound spleen stream sweet sycophant task taste thee their's theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas vale virtue weary wind winter wisdom wish'd worth your's
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Σελίδα 49 - There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Σελίδα 52 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Σελίδα 38 - Slaves cannot breathe in England; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free, They touch our country and their shackles fall.
Σελίδα 12 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...
Σελίδα 37 - There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man ; the natural bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire.
Σελίδα 202 - One song employs all nations; and all cry, ' Worthy the Lamb, for he was slain for us!' The dwellers in the vales and on the rocks Shout to each other, and the mountain tops From distant mountains catch the flying joy; Till, nation after nation taught the strain, Earth rolls the rapturous Hosanna round.
Σελίδα 45 - To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes, was never meant my task...
Σελίδα 203 - Praise is in all her gates ; upon her walls, And in her streets, and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest West ; And Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships.
Σελίδα 139 - Then shakes his powdered coat, and barks for joy. Heedless of all his pranks, the sturdy churl Moves right toward the mark ; nor stops for aught But now and then with pressure of his thumb T...
Σελίδα 110 - No powder'd pert proficient in the art Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors Till the street rings. No stationary steeds Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound, The silent circle fan themselves and quake. But here the needle plies its busy task, The pattern grows, the well-depicted...