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Page 6
... smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , The soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To ' attain perfection in this ...
... smiling in a chaise and one . But relaxation of the languid frame , The soft recumbency of outstretch'd limbs , Was bliss reserved for happier days . So slow The growth of what is excellent ; so hard To ' attain perfection in this ...
Page 17
... smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Furthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oftenest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature ...
... smiles , descends toward the grave Sprightly , and old almost without decay . Like a coy maiden , Ease , when courted most , Furthest retires - an idol , at whose shrine Who oftenest sacrifice are favour'd least . The love of Nature ...
Page 19
... smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale 1 And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls , and satiates , and makes languid life A pedler's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
... smiles , and bloom less transient than her own . It is the constant revolution , stale 1 And tasteless , of the same repeated joys , That palls , and satiates , and makes languid life A pedler's pack , that bows the bearer down . Health ...
Page 20
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce a while , Not 20 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... smiles , slides off Fastidious , seeking less familiar scenes . Then snug enclosures in the shelter'd vale , Where frequent hedges intercept the eye , Delight us ; happy to renounce a while , Not 20 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners — victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or ...
... smile , Can boast but little virtue ; and , inert Through plenty , lose in morals what they gain In manners — victims of luxurious ease . These therefore I can pity , placed remote From all that science traces , art invents , Or ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause cerning charge CHARLES ROLLS charms clime delights design'd distant divine dream e'en Earth ease fair fame fancy feed feel field of glory flower folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honour human JOHN SHARPE king labour learn'd less live lost lyre MARCH 25 mercy Mighty winds mind mischief nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once palmistry pass'd peace perhaps pleasures plebeian praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile SOFA song soon soul sound spare stroke sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth