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... dark`retreat Of vegetation , sets the steaming Power At large , to wander o'er the verdant earth , In various hues ; but chiefly thee , gay green ! Thou smiling Nature's universal robe ! United light and shade ! where the sight dwells ...
... dark`retreat Of vegetation , sets the steaming Power At large , to wander o'er the verdant earth , In various hues ; but chiefly thee , gay green ! Thou smiling Nature's universal robe ! United light and shade ! where the sight dwells ...
Page 11
... a listless unconcern , Cold , and averting from our neighbour's , good ; Then dark disgust , and hatred , winding wiles , Coward deceit , and ruffian violence : At last , extinct each social feeling , fell And SPRING . 11.
... a listless unconcern , Cold , and averting from our neighbour's , good ; Then dark disgust , and hatred , winding wiles , Coward deceit , and ruffian violence : At last , extinct each social feeling , fell And SPRING . 11.
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... dark brown water aids the guile , To tempt the trout . The well dissembled fly , " The rod fine tapering , with elastic spring , she Snatch'd from the hoary steed the floating line , bi And all thy slender watery stores prepare . But ...
... dark brown water aids the guile , To tempt the trout . The well dissembled fly , " The rod fine tapering , with elastic spring , she Snatch'd from the hoary steed the floating line , bi And all thy slender watery stores prepare . But ...
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... piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of heaven , Soft disengage , and back into the stream The speckled captive throw . But should you lure * From his dark haunt , beneath the tangled roots SPRING . 15.
... piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of heaven , Soft disengage , and back into the stream The speckled captive throw . But should you lure * From his dark haunt , beneath the tangled roots SPRING . 15.
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James Thomson. * From his dark haunt , beneath the tangled roots Of pendent trees , the monarch of the brook , Behoves you then to ply your finest art . Long time he , following cautious , scans the fly ; And oft attempts to seize it ...
James Thomson. * From his dark haunt , beneath the tangled roots Of pendent trees , the monarch of the brook , Behoves you then to ply your finest art . Long time he , following cautious , scans the fly ; And oft attempts to seize it ...
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amid Apennines art thou Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bliss blooming bosom boundless breast breath breeze bright CHARLES ROLLS charm clouds dark deep delight deluge descending diffused dreadful E'en earth ether exalted fair fair brow faithless fancy fierce flame flocks flood forest gale gentle gloom glowing grace grove happy heart heaven herds High raised hills JOHN SHARPE light Lycurgus matchless maze mingled mix'd mountains Muse Nature Nature's night o'er passions peace plain poison'd pomp pride rage rapture RICHARD WESTALL rills rise roar robe rocks roll round rural scene season shade shake shining shoot silvan smile snow soft song soul spreads Spring storm stream stretch'd swain sweet swell swift tempest tender thee thou thought thunder toil turbid Typhon vale vex'd virtue walk wander waste wave wide wild winds wing Winter wintry woods wrapp'd youth