The Task, and Other PoemsGeorge M'Dowell and Son, 1831 - 179 ページ |
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... attain perfection in this nether world . Thus first Necessity invented stools , Convenience next suggested elbow - chairs , And Luxury th ' accomplish'd Sofa last . 80 85 The nurse sleeps sweetly , hir'd to watch the sick THE SOFA . 9.
... attain perfection in this nether world . Thus first Necessity invented stools , Convenience next suggested elbow - chairs , And Luxury th ' accomplish'd Sofa last . 80 85 The nurse sleeps sweetly , hir'd to watch the sick THE SOFA . 9.
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... sleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who ...
... sleep within the carriage more secure , His legs depending at the open door . Sweet sleep enjoys the curate in his desk , The tedious rector drawling o'er his head ; And sweet the clerk below . But neither sleep Of lazy nurse , who ...
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... sleep not ; seeing him sweating o'er his bread Before he eats it .- " Tis the primal curse , But soften'd into mercy ; made the pledge Of cheerful days and nights without a groan . By ceaseless action all that is subsists . Constant ...
... sleep not ; seeing him sweating o'er his bread Before he eats it .- " Tis the primal curse , But soften'd into mercy ; made the pledge Of cheerful days and nights without a groan . By ceaseless action all that is subsists . Constant ...
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... sleeping leaves , is all the light they wish , Birds warbling all the musick . We can spare The splendour of your lamps ; they but eclipse Our softer satellite . Your songs confound 760 765 Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs ...
... sleeping leaves , is all the light they wish , Birds warbling all the musick . We can spare The splendour of your lamps ; they but eclipse Our softer satellite . Your songs confound 760 765 Our more harmonious notes : the thrush departs ...
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... sleep , And tremble when I wake , for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd . No : dear as freedom is , and in my heart's Just estimation priz❜d above all price , I had much rather be myself the slave , And wear ...
... sleep , And tremble when I wake , for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd . No : dear as freedom is , and in my heart's Just estimation priz❜d above all price , I had much rather be myself the slave , And wear ...
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beauty beneath betimes boast breath call'd cause charms clime delights design'd distant divine domestick dread dream e'en earth ease ev'ry fair fame fancy fear feed feel field of glory flow'r folly form'd fountain of eternal frown fruits give glory Gothick grace grave groves hand happy heart Heav'n honour human JOSEPH HILL king labour lanquid learn'd less lost lyre magick mercy Mighty winds mind mischief musick nature Nature's Nebaioth never nymphs o'er once peace perhaps plac'd pleas'd pleasures polish'd pow'r praise proud publick rapture riddance rude rural sacred scene schools scorn seek seem'd shade shine sight slaves sleep sloth smile Sofa song soon soul sound sweet task taste thee theme thine thou art thou hast toil touch'd trembling truth Twas virtue wand'ring WILLIAM COWPER wind winter wisdom wise worth youth
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30 ページ - 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.
30 ページ - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that Mercy with a bleeding heart Weeps, when she sees inflicted on a beast...
77 ページ - 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.
55 ページ - 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
139 ページ - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs. Else they are all — the meanest things that are As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.
38 ページ - Support, and ornament of Virtue's cause. 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.
126 ページ - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men ; Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed, and squared, and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich. Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much ; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.
40 ページ - 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.
30 ページ - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
163 ページ - That, viewing it, we seem almost t' obtain Our innocent sweet simple years again. This fond attachment to the well-known place, Whence first we started into life's long race, Maintains its hold with such unfailing sway, We feel it e'en in age, and at our latest day.