The Task: A Poem. In Six Books. To which is Added, Tirocinium: Or, A Review of SchoolsThomas Dobson, bookseller, in Second-Street, second door above Chesnut-Street, 1787 - 186 ページ |
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... means of life , Society for me ! Thou seeming fweet , Be ftill a pleafing object in my view , My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient tafte , Now fcorn'd , but ...
... means of life , Society for me ! Thou seeming fweet , Be ftill a pleafing object in my view , My vifit ftill , but never mine abode . Not diftant far , a length of colonnade Invites us . Monument of ancient tafte , Now fcorn'd , but ...
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... to what he fcorns , More fixt below , the more difturb'd above . The law by which all creatures else are bouud , Binds man the lord of all . Himself derives No. " No mean advantage from a kindred caufe , From 14 Book I .. THE TASK .
... to what he fcorns , More fixt below , the more difturb'd above . The law by which all creatures else are bouud , Binds man the lord of all . Himself derives No. " No mean advantage from a kindred caufe , From 14 Book I .. THE TASK .
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... mean advantage from a kindred caufe , From ftreneous toil his hours of fweeteft eafe . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its ...
... mean advantage from a kindred caufe , From ftreneous toil his hours of fweeteft eafe . The fedentary stretch their lazy length When custom bids , but no refreshment find , For none they need : the languid eye , the cheek Deserted of its ...
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... hate , Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught befide . Thus fare the fhiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world Where * Where it advances far into the deep , Towards 22 THE TASK . Book I.
... hate , Mean felf - attachment , and scarce aught befide . Thus fare the fhiv'ring natives of the north , And thus the rangers of the western world Where * Where it advances far into the deep , Towards 22 THE TASK . Book I.
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... means , but he must die . Storms rife t ' o'erwhelm him : or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep fhall rise , And needing none affistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The earth fhall ...
... means , but he must die . Storms rife t ' o'erwhelm him : or if stormy winds Rise not , the waters of the deep fhall rise , And needing none affistance of the storm , Shall roll themselves afhore , and reach him there . The earth fhall ...
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againſt beneath boaſt caufe cauſe charms cloſe courſe defign diftant dream earth eaſe elfe ev'n ev'ry facred fafe faft fair fake fame faſhion fatire fcenes fcorn fecure feeds feek feel feems feen fhade fhall fhines fhould fhow fide fighs filent filks fince firft firſt fkies flaves fleep flow'r fmiles folly fome fong foon form'd foul fpirit fpread ftands ftate ftill ftream ftrength fuch fweet grace heart heav'n himſelf itſelf juft laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs loft meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature nature's Nebaioth never o'er once peace pleas'd pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praife praiſe purpoſe reft rife ſcene ſchool ſeems ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhow ſkill ſmile ſport ſpot ſtill ſweet tafte taſk thee thefe themſelves Theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thouſand truth uſe virtue wafte whofe whoſe wind wiſdom worth
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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.
144 ページ - He is the freeman whom the truth makes free, And all are slaves beside. There's not a chain That hellish foes, confederate for his harm, Can wind around him, but he casts it off With as much ease as Samson his green withes.
178 ページ - 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.
30 ページ - Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys...
171 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.
178 ページ - To stroke his azure neck, or to receive The lambent homage of his arrowy tongue. All creatures worship man, and all mankind One Lord, one Father.
179 ページ - 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.
43 ページ - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own — Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design.
27 ページ - God made the country, and man made the town. What wonder then that health and virtue, gifts, That can alone make sweet the bitter draught, That life holds out to all, should most abound And least be threatened in the fields and groves...
29 ページ - Of brotherhood is sever'd as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colour'd like his own...