... The Task, a Poem ...: For the Use of Schools and AcademiesPhillips, Sampson, & Company, 1842 - 150 páginas |
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... Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; 165 170 ...
... Stand , never overlook'd , our fav'rite elms , That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond , and overthwart the stream , That , as with molten glass , inlays the vale , The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; 165 170 ...
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... stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire ; Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- 450 He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora ...
... stands , possess'd With visions prompted by intense desire ; Fair fields appear below , such as he left Far distant , such as he would die to find- 450 He seeks them headlong , and is seen no more . The spleen is seldom felt where Flora ...
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... stand expos'd by common peccancy To what no few have felt , there should be peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now 75 Lie scatter'd , where the shapely columns stood . Her palaces are dust ...
... stand expos'd by common peccancy To what no few have felt , there should be peace , And brethren in calamity should love . Alas for Sicily ! rude fragments now 75 Lie scatter'd , where the shapely columns stood . Her palaces are dust ...
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... Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark ; May punish , if he please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he spar`d not them , 155 Tremble and be amaz'd at thine escape , Far ...
... Stand chargeable with guilt , and to the shafts Of wrath obnoxious , God may choose his mark ; May punish , if he please , the less , to warn The more malignant . If he spar`d not them , 155 Tremble and be amaz'd at thine escape , Far ...
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... stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand , There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands 335 The legate of the skies ! -- His theme divine , His office sacred , his credentials clear . By him the violated law speaks out Its ...
... stand acknowledg'd , while the world shall stand , There stands the messenger of truth ; there stands 335 The legate of the skies ! -- His theme divine , His office sacred , his credentials clear . By him the violated law speaks out Its ...
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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.