The SeasonsJones, 1835 - 136 pages |
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Page viii
... every low 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 .
... every low 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 .
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... virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vision pure , into these secret stores Of health , and life , and joy ? the food of man , While yet he lived in innocence , and told A length of golden years , unflesh'd in blood ; A stranger to ...
... virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vision pure , into these secret stores Of health , and life , and joy ? the food of man , While yet he lived in innocence , and told A length of golden years , unflesh'd in blood ; A stranger to ...
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... virtue , and her arts revive . Or , turning thence thy view , these graver thoughts The muses charm : while , with sure taste refined , You draw th ' inspiring breath of ancient song ; Till nobly rises , emulous , thy own . Perhaps thy ...
... virtue , and her arts revive . Or , turning thence thy view , these graver thoughts The muses charm : while , with sure taste refined , You draw th ' inspiring breath of ancient song ; Till nobly rises , emulous , thy own . Perhaps thy ...
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... virtue , and approving Heaven . These are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll , Still find them happy ; and consenting Spring Sheds her own ...
... virtue , and approving Heaven . These are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; And thus their moments fly . The Seasons thus , As ceaseless round a jarring world they roll , Still find them happy ; and consenting Spring Sheds her own ...
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... virtue struggling on the brink of vice ; In waking whispers , and repeated dreams , To hint pure thought , and warn the favour'd soul For future trials fated to prepare ; To prompt the poet , who devoted gives His Muse to better themes ...
... virtue struggling on the brink of vice ; In waking whispers , and repeated dreams , To hint pure thought , and warn the favour'd soul For future trials fated to prepare ; To prompt the poet , who devoted gives His Muse to better themes ...
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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