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100 1 _aCowper, William,
_d1731-1800
245 1 4 _aThe Task, and Other Poems
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2003
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Task_(poem)
500 _aRelease date is 2003-01-01
505 0 _aThe Task -- The Diverting History of John Gilpin -- An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq. -- To Mary.
508 _aThis eBook was produced by Les Bowler, St. Ives, Dorset
520 _a"The Task, and Other Poems" by William Cowper is a collection published in 1785, featuring his masterwork "The Task: A Poem, in Six Books." Beginning playfully with the sofa's origins, this blank verse meditation explores nature's blessings, retired life, and religious faith while attacking slavery, blood sports, and social frivolity. Written in unusually conversational language for its era, the poem deeply influenced writers from Robert Burns to Jane Austen and the Lake Poets, capturing the Evangelical spirit of its age. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aEnglish poetry -- 18th century
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3698
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