The SeasonsJones, 1835 - 136 pages |
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Page iv
... Winter , " then composed in detached passages of the descrip- tive kind . Mallet advised him to form them into a connected piece , and immediately to print it . It was purchased for a small sum , and appeared in 1726 , dedicated to Sir ...
... Winter , " then composed in detached passages of the descrip- tive kind . Mallet advised him to form them into a connected piece , and immediately to print it . It was purchased for a small sum , and appeared in 1726 , dedicated to Sir ...
Page vii
... 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 own enthusiasm , that our ...
... 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 own enthusiasm , that our ...
Page viii
... pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge , conscious peace , and virtue pure ; Sacred , substantial , never - fading bliss ! Winter . SPRING . ARGUMENT . The subject proposed . Inscribed to viii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH , & c .
... pursuit ! and feed my soul With knowledge , conscious peace , and virtue pure ; Sacred , substantial , never - fading bliss ! Winter . SPRING . ARGUMENT . The subject proposed . Inscribed to viii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH , & c .
Page 3
... Winter passes off , Far to the north , and calls his ruffian blasts : His blasts obey , and quit the howling hill , The shatter'd forest , and the ravaged vale ; While softer gales succeed , at whose kind touch , Dissolving snows in ...
... Winter passes off , Far to the north , and calls his ruffian blasts : His blasts obey , and quit the howling hill , The shatter'd forest , and the ravaged vale ; While softer gales succeed , at whose kind touch , Dissolving snows in ...
Page 10
... Winter keen Shook forth his waste of snows ; and Summer shot His pestilential heats . Great Spring , before , Green'd all the year , and fruits and blossoms blush'd In social sweetness on the self - same bough . Pure was the temperate ...
... Winter keen Shook forth his waste of snows ; and Summer shot His pestilential heats . Great Spring , before , Green'd all the year , and fruits and blossoms blush'd In social sweetness on the self - same bough . Pure was the temperate ...
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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