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Page 10
... soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain : while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The hoorish driver leaning o'er his team Vociferous , and ...
... soon whiten all the land . There from the sunburnt hayfield homeward creeps The loaded wain : while , lighten'd of its charge , The wain that meets it passes swiftly by ; The hoorish driver leaning o'er his team Vociferous , and ...
Page 13
... soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of fancy and strong thought are theirs ; E'en age itself seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The veteran shows ...
... soon spent , though in an arduous task ; The powers of fancy and strong thought are theirs ; E'en age itself seems privileged in them With clear exemption from its own defects . A sparkling eye beneath a wrinkled front The veteran shows ...
Page 14
... soon its healthful hue ; His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires ; He walks , he leaps , he runs - is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of every breeze . He does not scorn it , who has long endured A fever's agonies , and fed ...
... soon its healthful hue ; His eye relumines its extinguish'd fires ; He walks , he leaps , he runs - is wing'd with joy , And riots in the sweets of every breeze . He does not scorn it , who has long endured A fever's agonies , and fed ...
Page 21
... soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of the surge , that bathes thy foot , If ever it has wash'd our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art ...
... soon as known . Methinks I see thee straying on the beach , And asking of the surge , that bathes thy foot , If ever it has wash'd our distant shore . I see thee weep , and thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art ...
Page 24
... a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . THE TASK . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE 24 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... a sword , and worthier of a fan , Has made , what enemies could ne'er have done , Our arch of empire , steadfast but for you , A mutilated structure , soon to fall . THE TASK . BOOK II . THE TIME - PIECE 24 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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ALEXANDER SELKIRK Aspasio beauty beneath betimes bird boast breath call'd cause charms CHISWICK dæmons death delight design'd distant divine dream e'en earth ease fair fame fancy fear feed feel flowers folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit give glory GLOWWORM grace grave hand happy hast heard heart heaven honour human labour less life's live lost lyre Mighty winds mind muse nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps PINEAPPLE pity pleasure praise press'd prize proud rest rude scene scorn seek seem'd shade shine shrubs sighs sight skies slaves sleep sloth smile smooth soft song soon soul sound spaniel spare spleen stamp'd sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thought THRACIAN toil touch'd trembling truth Twas virtue voice WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wonder worth youth