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Along the loaded sky , and mingling deep 150 Sits on th ' horizon round a settled
gloom : Not such as wintry - storms on mortals sned , Oppressing life ; but lovely ,
gentle , kind , And full of every hope and every joy , The wish of Nature .
Along the loaded sky , and mingling deep 150 Sits on th ' horizon round a settled
gloom : Not such as wintry - storms on mortals sned , Oppressing life ; but lovely ,
gentle , kind , And full of every hope and every joy , The wish of Nature .
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Of covert close , where scarce a speck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom ,
protracted sweeps : Now meets the bending sky ; the river now 520 Dimpling
along , the breezy - ruffled lake , The forest darkening round , the glittering spire ...
Of covert close , where scarce a speck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom ,
protracted sweeps : Now meets the bending sky ; the river now 520 Dimpling
along , the breezy - ruffled lake , The forest darkening round , the glittering spire ...
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1005 ' Tis nought but gloom around : The darkened fun Loses his light : The rosy
- bofom'd Spring To weeping fancy pines ; and yon bright arch , Contracted ,
bends into a dusky vault . All Nature fades extinct ; and the alone 1οΙο Heard , felt
...
1005 ' Tis nought but gloom around : The darkened fun Loses his light : The rosy
- bofom'd Spring To weeping fancy pines ; and yon bright arch , Contracted ,
bends into a dusky vault . All Nature fades extinct ; and the alone 1οΙο Heard , felt
...
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Ye gleamings of departed peace , Shine out your last ! the yellow - tinging plague
1080 Internal vision taints , and in a night Of livid gloom imagination wraps . Ah
then ; instead of love - enlivened cheeks , Of funny features , and of ardent eyes ...
Ye gleamings of departed peace , Shine out your last ! the yellow - tinging plague
1080 Internal vision taints , and in a night Of livid gloom imagination wraps . Ah
then ; instead of love - enlivened cheeks , Of funny features , and of ardent eyes ...
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... All - smiling , to his hot dominion leaves , ' 5 HENCE , let me haste into the mid
- wood fhade , Where scarce a fun - beam wanders thro ' the gloom ; 10 And on
the dark green grafs , beside the brink Of haunted stream , that by the roots of oak
...
... All - smiling , to his hot dominion leaves , ' 5 HENCE , let me haste into the mid
- wood fhade , Where scarce a fun - beam wanders thro ' the gloom ; 10 And on
the dark green grafs , beside the brink Of haunted stream , that by the roots of oak
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Seasons |
| Author | James Thomson |
| Publisher | W. Strahan, 1778 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Aug 2014 |
| Length | 209 pages |
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