SEASON S. BY JAMES THOMSON. LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOHN SHARPE, DUKE STREET, PICCADILLY; BY C. AND C. WHITTING HAM, CHISWICK. M DCCC XXV. TO THE SHADE OF THOMSON, ON CROWNING HIS BUST WITH BAYS. WHILE Virgin Spring, by Eden's flood, Or pranks the sod in frolic mood, While Summer with a matron grace Yet oft, delighted, stops to trace While Autumn, benefactor kind, While maniac Winter rages o'er The hills whence classic Yarrow flows, Rousing the turbid torrent's roar, Or sweeping, wild, a waste of snows: |