Those Golden Times And Those Arcadian Scenes That Maro Sings, And Sidney, Warbler Of Poetic Prose.

O Winter, ruler of the inverted year!
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 120...
All learned, and all drunk!
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 478...
Gloriously drunk, obey the important call.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 510...
In indolent vacuity of thought.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 297...
The Frenchman's darling.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 765...
Which not even critics criticise.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 51...
What is it but a map of busy life, Its fluctuations, and its vast concerns?
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 55...
While fancy, like the finger of a clock, Runs the great circuit, and is still at home.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 118...
With spots quadrangular of diamond form, Ensanguined hearts, clubs typical of strife, And spades, the emblems of untimely graves.
-- William Cowper (1731-1800) -- The Task, Book iv, The Winter Evening, Line 217...