"The puny hands / Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds / Are gratified with mischief,"
— as true of our broligarchy today as it was in the 18th century.
— as true of our broligarchy today as it was in the 18th century.
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John McCrory
To me, the poetry of The Task gets better as you get deeper into the books. Cowper may have started with a lark, but he found a form that yielded some seriously great poetry. I keep finding amazing lines and passages deep in book 5 and 6. Like this section on the dangerous whims of the powerful:
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