The SeasonsJones, 1835 - 136 pages |
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Page v
... hand , and by many is considered as his principal performance . He was now in tolerably affluent circumstances , a place of Surveyor - general of the Leeward Islands , given him by Mr. Lyttleton , bringing him in , after paying a deputy ...
... hand , and by many is considered as his principal performance . He was now in tolerably affluent circumstances , a place of Surveyor - general of the Leeward Islands , given him by Mr. Lyttleton , bringing him in , after paying a deputy ...
Page vi
... hands , and told him that he did not understand his own verses . The biographer of Thomson has remarked , that an author's life is best read in his works : his obser- vation was not well - timed . Savage , who lived much with Thomson ...
... hands , and told him that he did not understand his own verses . The biographer of Thomson has remarked , that an author's life is best read in his works : his obser- vation was not well - timed . Savage , who lived much with Thomson ...
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... hand , Disdaining little delicacies , seized The plough , and greatly independent lived . Ye generous Britons , venerate the plough ; And o'er your hills , and long - withdrawing vales , Let Autumn spread his treasures to the sun ...
... hand , Disdaining little delicacies , seized The plough , and greatly independent lived . Ye generous Britons , venerate the plough ; And o'er your hills , and long - withdrawing vales , Let Autumn spread his treasures to the sun ...
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... hand , The garden glows , and fills the liberal air With lavish fragrance ; while the promised fruit Lies yet a little embryo , unperceived , Within its crimson folds . Now from the town , Buried in smoke , and sleep , and noisome damps ...
... hand , The garden glows , and fills the liberal air With lavish fragrance ; while the promised fruit Lies yet a little embryo , unperceived , Within its crimson folds . Now from the town , Buried in smoke , and sleep , and noisome damps ...
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... hand has nature flung Their seeds abroad , blown them about in winds , Innumerous mix'd them with the nursing mould , The moistening current , and prolific rain . But who their virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vision pure , into ...
... hand has nature flung Their seeds abroad , blown them about in winds , Innumerous mix'd them with the nursing mould , The moistening current , and prolific rain . But who their virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vision pure , into ...
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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