... The Task, a Poem ...: For the Use of Schools and AcademiesPhillips, Sampson, & Company, 1842 - 150 páginas |
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... satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with shaggy pile : The hardy chief , upon the rugged rock Wash'd by the sea , or on the gravelly bank See Poems Vol . I. 10 Thrown up by wintry torrents roaring loud , Fearless of The Sofa,
... satin smooth , Or velvet soft , or plush with shaggy pile : The hardy chief , upon the rugged rock Wash'd by the sea , or on the gravelly bank See Poems Vol . I. 10 Thrown up by wintry torrents roaring loud , Fearless of The Sofa,
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... soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it receiv'd , United , yet divided , twain at once . So sit two kings of Brentford or one throne ; And so two citizens , who take the air , Close pack'd , and smiling , in ...
... soft settee ; one elbow at each end , And in the midst an elbow it receiv'd , United , yet divided , twain at once . So sit two kings of Brentford or one throne ; And so two citizens , who take the air , Close pack'd , and smiling , in ...
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... soft , Rais'd by the mole , the ininer of the soil . He , not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures Earth : and , plotting in the dark , 270 275 * John Courtney Throckmorton , Esq . of Weston Under- wood . Toils much to earn a ...
... soft , Rais'd by the mole , the ininer of the soil . He , not unlike the great ones of mankind , Disfigures Earth : and , plotting in the dark , 270 275 * John Courtney Throckmorton , Esq . of Weston Under- wood . Toils much to earn a ...
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... soft , Ye clarionets ; and softer still , ye flutes ; ' 260 That winds and waters , lull'd by magick sounds , May bear us smoothly to the Gallic shore . True , we have lost an empire - let it pass . True , we may thank the perfidy of ...
... soft , Ye clarionets ; and softer still , ye flutes ; ' 260 That winds and waters , lull'd by magick sounds , May bear us smoothly to the Gallic shore . True , we have lost an empire - let it pass . True , we may thank the perfidy of ...
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... soft as Adoration breathes ? Ah , spare your idol , think him human still . Charms he may have , but he has frailties too ! Dote not too much nor spoil what ye admire . 495 All truth is from the sempiternal source Of light divine 42 THE ...
... soft as Adoration breathes ? Ah , spare your idol , think him human still . Charms he may have , but he has frailties too ! Dote not too much nor spoil what ye admire . 495 All truth is from the sempiternal source Of light divine 42 THE ...
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Términos y frases comunes
beauty beneath boast breath call'd cause charg'd charms clime death Deciduous delight distant divine domestick dream e'en earth ease ev'ning ev'ry fair fancy fast favour'd fear feeds feel field of glory fix'd flow'rs folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruit gives glory grace grave groves hand happiness heart Heav'n honour hopes and fears Hosanna human king labour learn'd less liberty lost lov'd lyre magick mercy Mighty winds mind mov'd musick nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps pleas'd pleasures polish'd pow'r praise proud publick rapture riddance rude rural sacred sake scene seek seem'd shade shine sighs silent sleep sloth smile Sofa soft song soon soul sound spleen stream sweet sycophant task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth Twas vale virtue wand'ring weary wind winter wisdom worthy
Pasajes populares
Página 30 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 30 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Página 77 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 144 - 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.
Página 55 - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew, To seek a tranquil death in distant shades.
Página 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, And lull the spirit while they fill the mind; Unnumber'd branches waving in the blast, And all their leaves fast flutt'ring, all at once.
Página 30 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Página 125 - The redbreast warbles still, but is content With slender notes, and more than half suppress'd : Pleased with his solitude, and flitting light From spray to spray, where'er he rests he shakes From many a twig the pendent drops of ice That tinkle in the wither'd leaves below. Stillness, accompanied with sounds so soft, Charms more than silence. Meditation here May think down hours to moments. Here the heart May give a useful lesson to the head, And Learning wiser grow without his books.
Página 40 - 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.
Página 145 - All kingdoms and all princes of the earth Flock to that light ; the glory of all lands Flows into her ; unbounded is her joy, And endless her increase. Thy rams are there. * Nebaioth, and the flocks of Kedar there, The looms of Ormus, and the mines of Ind, And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there.