The Task: A Poem in Six BooksBennett and Walton, no. 31, Market-street, J. Rakestraw, printer, 1811 - 212 pages |
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... thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence , and squander life . The dream is past ; and thou ...
... thine , but curiosity perhaps , Or else vain glory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bow'rs , to show thee here With what superior skill we can abuse The gifts of Providence , and squander life . The dream is past ; and thou ...
Page 31
... thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country ; thou art sad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , From which no pow'r of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and , though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when ...
... thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country ; thou art sad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , From which no pow'r of thine can raise her up . Thus fancy paints thee , and , though apt to err , Perhaps errs little when ...
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... thine escape , Far guiltier England , lest he spare not thee ! Happy the man who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And ...
... thine escape , Far guiltier England , lest he spare not thee ! Happy the man who sees a God employ'd In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will And ...
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... , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - salve ; ask of him , Or ask of whomsoever he has taught ; And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all . England , with all thy faults , I love thee 46 BOOK FL . THE TASK .
... , and ready at his will ? Go , dress thine eyes with eye - salve ; ask of him , Or ask of whomsoever he has taught ; And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all . England , with all thy faults , I love thee 46 BOOK FL . THE TASK .
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... thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth she is , Heav'n - born , and destin'd to the skies again . Thou art not known where pleasure is adorn , That reeling goddess with a zoneless waist And wand'ring eyes , still leaning on the ...
... thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth she is , Heav'n - born , and destin'd to the skies again . Thou art not known where pleasure is adorn , That reeling goddess with a zoneless waist And wand'ring eyes , still leaning on the ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 45 - To shake thy senate, and from heights sublime Of patriot eloquence to flash down fire Upon thy foes, was never meant my task...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...