The Task: A Poem in Six BooksJ.M. Dent and Company, 1900 - 207 pages |
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath cause charge charms deems delights distant divine dream earth ease Edmonton England fair fame fancy fast fear feed feel field of glory flower folly fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory grace grave groves hand happy heart Heaven honor human John Gilpin JOSEPH HILL king less liberty live lost lyre Mighty winds mind mischief Muse Nature Nature's never nymphs o'er October 20 once peace perhaps play pleasure plebeian poets praise prize proud prove rapture riddance rude rural sacred scene schools scorn seek seems shade shine sight slave sleep sloth smile smooth Sofa song soon soul sound spare sweet task taste thee theme thine things thou art toil touch trembling truth Twas virtue WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise wonder worth youth