The Task: A Poem. In Six BooksB. D. Packard, 41 State-Street. Robert Packard, Printer., 1810 - 193 páginas |
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... soul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest To which he forfeits ev'n the rest he loves . Not such the alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And their's alone seems worthy of the name ...
... soul , Reproach their owner with that love of rest To which he forfeits ev'n the rest he loves . Not such the alert and active . Measure life By its true worth , the comforts it affords , And their's alone seems worthy of the name ...
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... soul is sick , with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd . There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart , It does not feel for man ; the natʼral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at ...
... soul is sick , with ev'ry day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is fill'd . There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart , It does not feel for man ; the natʼral bond Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at ...
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... the altar , in my soul I loath All affectation . ' Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust . What ? .... will a man play tricks , will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his own form , And 54 BOOK II . THE TASK .
... the altar , in my soul I loath All affectation . ' Tis my perfect scorn ; Object of my implacable disgust . What ? .... will a man play tricks , will he indulge A silly fond conceit of his own form , And 54 BOOK II . THE TASK .
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... soul ; To break a jest , when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and , t ' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales , When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul . Direct me to a quip Or merry turn in ...
... soul ; To break a jest , when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and , t ' address The skittish fancy with facetious tales , When sent with God's commission to the heart ! So did not Paul . Direct me to a quip Or merry turn in ...
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... souls to mine . God never meant that man should scale the hear❜ds By strides of human wisdom . In his works , Though wond'rous , he commands us in his word To seek HIM rather , where his mercy shines . The mind , indeed , enlighten'd ...
... souls to mine . God never meant that man should scale the hear❜ds By strides of human wisdom . In his works , Though wond'rous , he commands us in his word To seek HIM rather , where his mercy shines . The mind , indeed , enlighten'd ...
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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,...