The SeasonsG. Routledge, 1906 - 184 pages |
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Page xxiv
... Seasons ' . A few months later the work in its present form seems to have taken shape in his mind , for he issued Proposals for printing by subscription the Four Seasons , with a Hymn on their succession ' . The work , however , was not ...
... Seasons ' . A few months later the work in its present form seems to have taken shape in his mind , for he issued Proposals for printing by subscription the Four Seasons , with a Hymn on their succession ' . The work , however , was not ...
Page xxvii
... Seasons , though so successful in essence , were not without incoherencies in execution , is his treatment of their text during the quarter of a century by which he survived their commence- ment . Often as each portion of the poem was ...
... Seasons , though so successful in essence , were not without incoherencies in execution , is his treatment of their text during the quarter of a century by which he survived their commence- ment . Often as each portion of the poem was ...
Page 40
... Seasons ever stealing round , Minutely faithful : such the all perfect hand That poised , impels , and rules the steady whole . When now no more the alternate Twins are fired , And Cancer reddens with the solar blaze , Short is the ...
... Seasons ever stealing round , Minutely faithful : such the all perfect hand That poised , impels , and rules the steady whole . When now no more the alternate Twins are fired , And Cancer reddens with the solar blaze , Short is the ...
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amid Autumn beam beauty beneath blank verse blast blaze bliss bloom bosom boundless breast breath breeze bright Castle of Indolence charm cheerful Cincinnatus clouds commixed dark deep delight descends earth EDMUND GOSSE ether exalts fair fair brow fancy fierce flame flocks flood forest gale genius gloom glowing grace grove happy heart heaven heroic couplet hills Hugh Willoughby JAMES THOMSON landscape Lapland light maze mind mingled mountains muse Musidora nature nature's night Numidia o'er passions peace Philomela plain poem poet pomp pours pride race rage rapture rills rise robe rocks roll round Roxburghshire rural scarce scene Seasons shade shake shining shoot smile snow soft song soul Southdean spreads Spring storm stream swain sweet swelling tempest tender thee Thomson thou thought thunder toil vale virtue walks wandering waste wave wild winds wing Winter wintry woods youth