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Page xli
... hand of nature , not the products of human art ; and when man himself is introduced as a part of the groupe , it would seem that , in conformity to the rest , he ought to be represented in fuch a ftate only , as the fimpleft forms of ...
... hand of nature , not the products of human art ; and when man himself is introduced as a part of the groupe , it would seem that , in conformity to the rest , he ought to be represented in fuch a ftate only , as the fimpleft forms of ...
Page xliv
... hand ; and regards , according to his own emphatical phrafe , each change throughout the revolving year as but the " varied GOD . " This fpirit , which breaks forth at intervals in each divifion of his poem , fhines full and con ...
... hand ; and regards , according to his own emphatical phrafe , each change throughout the revolving year as but the " varied GOD . " This fpirit , which breaks forth at intervals in each divifion of his poem , fhines full and con ...
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... hand , Difdaining little delicacies , feiz'd The plough , and greatly independent liv'd . YE generous BRITONS , venerate the plough ; And o'er your hills , and long withdrawing vales , Let Autumn spread his treasures to the sun ...
... hand , Difdaining little delicacies , feiz'd The plough , and greatly independent liv'd . YE generous BRITONS , venerate the plough ; And o'er your hills , and long withdrawing vales , Let Autumn spread his treasures to the sun ...
Page 7
... hand , The garden glows , and fills the liberal air With lavish fragrance ; while the promis'd fruit Lies yet a little embryo , unperceiv'd , Within its crimfon folds . Now from the town Buried in fmoke , and fleep , and noifom damps ...
... hand , The garden glows , and fills the liberal air With lavish fragrance ; while the promis'd fruit Lies yet a little embryo , unperceiv'd , Within its crimfon folds . Now from the town Buried in fmoke , and fleep , and noifom damps ...
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... hand has nature flung Their feeds abroad , blown them about in winds , Innumerous mix'd them with the nurfing mold , The moistening current , and prolific rain . 230 BUT who their virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vifion pure ...
... hand has nature flung Their feeds abroad , blown them about in winds , Innumerous mix'd them with the nurfing mold , The moistening current , and prolific rain . 230 BUT who their virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vifion pure ...
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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