The SeasonsG. Routledge, 1906 - 184 pages |
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James Thomson Henry David Roberts. Till the whole leafy forest stands displayed , In full luxuriance , to the sighing gales ; Where the deer rustle through the twining brake , And the birds sing concealed . At once , arrayed In all the ...
James Thomson Henry David Roberts. Till the whole leafy forest stands displayed , In full luxuriance , to the sighing gales ; Where the deer rustle through the twining brake , And the birds sing concealed . At once , arrayed In all the ...
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... till , tempest - winged , Fierce winter sweeps them from the face of day . Even so luxurious men , unheeding , pass An idle summer - life in fortune's shine , A season's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy , from vanity to ...
... till , tempest - winged , Fierce winter sweeps them from the face of day . Even so luxurious men , unheeding , pass An idle summer - life in fortune's shine , A season's glitter ! Thus they flutter on From toy to toy , from vanity to ...
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... till industry approached , And roused him from his miserable sloth ; His faculties unfolded ; pointed out Where lavish nature the directing hand Of art demanded ; showed him how to raise His feeble force by the mechanic powers , To dig ...
... till industry approached , And roused him from his miserable sloth ; His faculties unfolded ; pointed out Where lavish nature the directing hand Of art demanded ; showed him how to raise His feeble force by the mechanic powers , To dig ...
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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