The SeasonsG. Routledge, 1906 - 184 pages |
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... plain , 340 And worse . The wolf , who from the nightly fold Fierce drags the bleating prey , ne'er drunk her milk , Nor wore her warming fleece ; nor has the steer , At whose strong chest the deadly tiger hangs , E'er ploughed for him ...
... plain , 340 And worse . The wolf , who from the nightly fold Fierce drags the bleating prey , ne'er drunk her milk , Nor wore her warming fleece ; nor has the steer , At whose strong chest the deadly tiger hangs , E'er ploughed for him ...
Page 53
... plain , A various group the herds and flocks compose , Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood , and , often bending , sip The circling surface . In the middle droops The strong ...
... plain , A various group the herds and flocks compose , Rural confusion ! On the grassy bank Some ruminating lie ; while others stand Half in the flood , and , often bending , sip The circling surface . In the middle droops The strong ...
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... Plains immense 690 Lie stretched below , interminable meads And vast savannahs , where the wandering eye , Unfixed , is ... plain , or seeks the hills ; Where , as he crops his varied fare , the herds , In widening circle round , forget ...
... Plains immense 690 Lie stretched below , interminable meads And vast savannahs , where the wandering eye , Unfixed , is ... plain , or seeks the hills ; Where , as he crops his varied fare , the herds , In widening circle round , forget ...
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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