AL 6566 BY WILLIAM COWPER, Esq. OF THE INNER TEMPLE. IN TWO VOLUME S. VOL. II. LONDON: Printed by W. Lewis, St. John's-square, FOR S. A. ODDY, No. 2, IVY-LANE, PATERNOSTER-ROW. 1814. THE TASK. BOOK I. THE SOFA. The Argument. Historical deduction of seats, from the stool to the Sofa. -A school-boy's ramble.-A walk in the country.→→ The scene described.-Rural sounds as well as sights delightful. Another walk.-Mistake concerning the charms of solitude corrected.Colonnades commended.-Alcove, and the view from it. The wilderness. -The grove.-The thresher.-The necessity and the VOL. 2. B |