The Task: A Poem in Six BooksBennett and Walton, no. 31, Market-street, J. Rakestraw, printer, 1811 - 212 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 13
... Stand , never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying ...
... Stand , never overlook'd , our favourite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying ...
Σελίδα 23
... stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find ..... He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where ...
... stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire : Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find ..... He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where ...
Σελίδα 42
... stand expos'd by common peccancy To what no few have felt , there should be peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In all ...
... stand expos'd by common peccancy To what no few have felt , there should be peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now Lie scatter'd where the shapely column stood . Her palaces are dust . In all ...
Σελίδα 45
... Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark : May punish , if he please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he spar'd not them , Tremble and be amaz'd at thine escape , Far ...
... Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark : May punish , if he please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he spar'd not them , Tremble and be amaz'd at thine escape , Far ...
Σελίδα 51
... stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand , The most important and effectual guard , Support , and ornament , of virtue's cause . There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! ... His theme divine ...
... stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand , The most important and effectual guard , Support , and ornament , of virtue's cause . There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! ... His theme divine ...
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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...