The Task, and Other Poems

By: Cowper, William

sing the Sofa. I, who lately sang Truth, Hope, and Charity, and touched with awe The solemn chords, and with a trembling hand, Escaped with pain from that advent'rous flight, Now seek repose upon a humbler theme: The theme though humble, yet august and proud The occasion-for the Fair commands the song. Time was, when clothing sumptuous or for use, Save their own painted skins, our sires had none. As yet black breeches were not; satin smooth, Or velvet soft, or plush with shaggy pile: The hardy chief upon the rugged rockWashed by the sea, or on the gravelly bank Thrown up by wintry torrents roaring loud, Fearless of wrong, reposed his weary strength

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08R7VLY3F
• ISBN13: 9798576477661
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.4" x 5.0"