The SeasonsJones, 1835 - 136 pages |
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Page iv
... Autumn , " dedicated to Mr. Onslow , in 1730 , when they were published col- lectively . As nothing was more tempting to the cupidity of an author than dramatic composition , Thomson resolved to become a competitor for that laurel also ...
... Autumn , " dedicated to Mr. Onslow , in 1730 , when they were published col- lectively . As nothing was more tempting to the cupidity of an author than dramatic composition , Thomson resolved to become a competitor for that laurel also ...
Page vii
... Autumn , and the horror of Winter , take in their turns possession of the mind . The poet leads us through the appearances of things , as they are . successively varied by the vicissitudes of the year , and imparts to us so much of his ...
... Autumn , and the horror of Winter , take in their turns possession of the mind . The poet leads us through the appearances of things , as they are . successively varied by the vicissitudes of the year , and imparts to us so much of his ...
Page 4
... Autumn spread his treasures to the sun , Luxuriant and unbounded ! As the sea Far through his azure turbulent domain Your empire owns , and from a thousand shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports ; So with superior boon may ...
... Autumn spread his treasures to the sun , Luxuriant and unbounded ! As the sea Far through his azure turbulent domain Your empire owns , and from a thousand shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports ; So with superior boon may ...
Page 5
... Autumn spies . , If brush'd from Hussian wilds a cutting gale Rise not , and scatter from his humid wings The clammy mildew ; or dry - blowing , breathe Untimely frost ; before whose baleful blast The full - blown Spring through all her ...
... Autumn spies . , If brush'd from Hussian wilds a cutting gale Rise not , and scatter from his humid wings The clammy mildew ; or dry - blowing , breathe Untimely frost ; before whose baleful blast The full - blown Spring through all her ...
Page 72
... This infancy of being , cannot prove The final issue of the works of God , By boundless love and perfect wisdom form'ã , And ever rising with the rising mind . AUTUMN . ARGUMENT . The subject proposed . Addressed to 72 SUMMER .
... This infancy of being , cannot prove The final issue of the works of God , By boundless love and perfect wisdom form'ã , And ever rising with the rising mind . AUTUMN . ARGUMENT . The subject proposed . Addressed to 72 SUMMER .
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amid Apennine art thou Autumn beam beauty beneath blank verse blast blaze bliss bloom bosom boundless breast breath breeze bright Castle of Indolence clouds dark deep delight deluge descends diffused dreadful earth ether exalts fair fair brow faithless fancy fierce flame flocks flood gale gentle gloom glowing grace grove happy heart heaven herds hills JAMES THOMSON Lapland light lustre luxury Lycurgus matchless maze mighty mind mingled mix'd mountains Muse Nature Nature's night numbers o'er passions peace plain poison'd pomp pride race rage rapture rills rise roar robe rocks roll round rural scene season shade shake shining shoot smile snow soft song soul spreads Spring storm stream stretch'd swain sweet swelling swift tempest tender thee thou thought thunder toil Typhon vale vex'd virtue walk wander waste wave wide wild winds wing Winter wintry woods youth