Vulgar words in The Task and Other Poems (Page 1)
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Uptorn by strength Resistless in so bad a cause, but lame To better deeds, he bundles up the spoil-- An ass's burden,--and when laden most And heaviest, light of foot steals fast away.
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"Hath God indeed given appetites to man, And stored the earth so plenteously with means To gratify the hunger of His wish, And doth He reprobate and will He damn The use of His own bounty?
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For which he paid full dear; For while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear; Whereat his horse did snort as he Had heard a lion roar, And galloped off with all his might, As he had done before.