Detested sport
That owes its pleasures to another's pain;
That feeds upon the sobs and dying shrieks
Of harmless nature.


Line 326 - The Task (1785) - Book III, The Garden


Detested sport That owes its pleasures to another's pain; That feeds upon the sobs and dying shrieks Of harmless nature.

Detested sport That owes its pleasures to another's pain; That feeds upon the sobs and dying shrieks Of harmless nature.

Detested sport That owes its pleasures to another's pain; That feeds upon the sobs and dying shrieks Of harmless nature.

Detested sport That owes its pleasures to another's pain; That feeds upon the sobs and dying shrieks Of harmless nature.