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Page xii
... shades fo as to produce a pleasing and picturesque effect . Our Poet has not been inattentive to these cir- cumstances in the conduct of his plan . His Spring begins with a view of the season as yet unconfirmed , and partaking of the ...
... shades fo as to produce a pleasing and picturesque effect . Our Poet has not been inattentive to these cir- cumstances in the conduct of his plan . His Spring begins with a view of the season as yet unconfirmed , and partaking of the ...
Page 29
... shade Of new - fprung leaves , their modulations mix Mellifluous . The jay , the rook , the daw , And each harsh pipe , difcordant heard alone , grove : 595 600 605 Aid Aid the full concert : while the stock - dove SPRING . 29.
... shade Of new - fprung leaves , their modulations mix Mellifluous . The jay , the rook , the daw , And each harsh pipe , difcordant heard alone , grove : 595 600 605 Aid Aid the full concert : while the stock - dove SPRING . 29.
Page 37
... , and turns the changeful neck . 785 WHILE thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of brutes , below , rufh furious into flame , And fierce defire . Thro ' all his lufty veins D3 And SPRING . 37.
... , and turns the changeful neck . 785 WHILE thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of brutes , below , rufh furious into flame , And fierce defire . Thro ' all his lufty veins D3 And SPRING . 37.
Page 43
... shade Of folemn oaks , that tuft the fwelling mounts Thrown graceful round by Nature's careless hand , And penfive listen to the various voice 910 Of rural peace : the herds , the flocks , the birds , 915 The hollow - whispering breeze ...
... shade Of folemn oaks , that tuft the fwelling mounts Thrown graceful round by Nature's careless hand , And penfive listen to the various voice 910 Of rural peace : the herds , the flocks , the birds , 915 The hollow - whispering breeze ...
Page 85
... shaded ; where the bee Strays diligent , and with th ' extracted balm Of fragrant woodbine loads his little thigh . Now , while I tafte the sweetness of the fhade , While Nature lies around deep - lull'd in Noon , 630 Now come , bold ...
... shaded ; where the bee Strays diligent , and with th ' extracted balm Of fragrant woodbine loads his little thigh . Now , while I tafte the sweetness of the fhade , While Nature lies around deep - lull'd in Noon , 630 Now come , bold ...
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amid beauty beneath bloom bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze cloſe clouds courſe croud deep defcend defcription earth ether exalts facred fair brow fancy feafon fecret fhade fhines fhore fhower filent fing firft firſt flame fleep flocks flood fnows focial foft fome fong fons foreft foul ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwell gale gloom grove heart heaven hills itſelf laft landſkip laſt lefs loft looſe luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe muſt Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleaſure Poet rage raiſe rifing riſe roll round rural ruſhing ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhe ſhining ſhoot ſky ſmiling ſoul ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm ſweep ſwift tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures vale vex'd virtue wafte waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wintry wiſdom woods