The Task: A Poem. In Six BooksB. D. Packard, 41 State-Street. Robert Packard, Printer., 1810 - 193 páginas |
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... rich and creative imagination . But in the Task of Cowper , there is no licentiousness of description . All is grave , and majestic , and moral . A vein of re- ligious thinking pervades every page , and he dis- courses , in a strain of ...
... rich and creative imagination . But in the Task of Cowper , there is no licentiousness of description . All is grave , and majestic , and moral . A vein of re- ligious thinking pervades every page , and he dis- courses , in a strain of ...
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... That press'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the rest , whom fate had plac'd In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat 14 BOOK I. THE TASK .
... That press'd it , and the feet hung dangling down , Anxious in vain to find the distant floor . These for the rich : the rest , whom fate had plac'd In modest mediocrity , content With base materials , sat 14 BOOK I. THE TASK .
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... rich in odorif'rous herbs And fungous fruits of earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin , trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid ...
... rich in odorif'rous herbs And fungous fruits of earth , regales the sense With luxury of unexpected sweets . There often wanders one , whom better days Saw better clad , in cloak of satin , trimm'd With lace , and hat with splendid ...
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... rich , so throng'd , so drain'd , and so supplied , As London .... opulent , enlarg'd , and still Increasing , London ? Babylon of old Not more the glory of the earth than she , A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now . She has her ...
... rich , so throng'd , so drain'd , and so supplied , As London .... opulent , enlarg'd , and still Increasing , London ? Babylon of old Not more the glory of the earth than she , A more accomplish'd world's chief glory now . She has her ...
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... rich In Christian charity , ( good - natur'd age ! ) That they are safe , sinners of either sex , Transgress what laws they may . Well dress'd , well bred , Well equipag'd , is ticket good enough To pass us readily through ev'ry door ...
... rich In Christian charity , ( good - natur'd age ! ) That they are safe , sinners of either sex , Transgress what laws they may . Well dress'd , well bred , Well equipag'd , is ticket good enough To pass us readily through ev'ry door ...
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Términos y frases comunes
beauty beneath blank verse boast breath cause charg'd charms clime Cowper death Deciduous deep delight distant divine dream earth ease England ev'n ev'ry fair fancy favor'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 hassocks hast heart heav'n honor hosanna human king labor less liberty lost lov'd lyre Mighty winds mind mov'd nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace pity pleas'd pleasure POEM poets 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 stream stroke sublime sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art toil touch'd trembling truth twas vale virtue wand'ring weary WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom worthy
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Página 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.
Página 41 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war Might never reach me more...
Página 46 - 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 arbitration wise of the Supreme. Did not his eye rule all things, and intend The least of our concerns (since from the least The greatest oft originate) ; could chance Find place in his dominion, or dispose One lawless particle to thwart his plan ; Then God might be surprised, and unforeseen Contingence might alarm him, and disturb The...
Página vi - My panting side was charged, when I withdrew To seek a tranquil death in distant shades. There was I found by one who had Himself Been hurt by th
Página 77 - Philosophy baptized In the pure fountain of eternal love Has eyes indeed ; and viewing all she sees As meant to indicate a God to man, Gives Him his praise, and forfeits not her own.
Página 103 - 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.
Página 42 - 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 50 - 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.
Página 19 - 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...
Página 99 - And, having dropped the expected bag, pass on. He whistles as he goes, light-hearted wretch, Cold and yet cheerful: messenger of grief Perhaps to thousands, and of joy to some, To him indifferent whether grief or joy. Houses in ashes, and the fall of stocks,. Births, deaths, and marriages, epistles wet With tears that trickled down the writer's cheeks Fast as the periods from his fluent quill, Or charged with amorous sighs of absent swains, Or nymphs responsive, equally affect His horse and him,...