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Page vii
... pure defcription was opposed to sense ; and binding together the wild flowers which grew obvious to commmon fight and touch , was deemed a trifling and unprofita- ble amusement . SUCH was the state of critical opinion , when Thomson ...
... pure defcription was opposed to sense ; and binding together the wild flowers which grew obvious to commmon fight and touch , was deemed a trifling and unprofita- ble amusement . SUCH was the state of critical opinion , when Thomson ...
Page xxiv
... ; And o'er the grafs , as their young hearts beat high , Swell'd by the pure.and generous ftreams they drain , Frolic the wanton lambs with joints infirm . THE THE period of SUMMER is marked by fewer and less xxiv AN ESSAY ON.
... ; And o'er the grafs , as their young hearts beat high , Swell'd by the pure.and generous ftreams they drain , Frolic the wanton lambs with joints infirm . THE THE period of SUMMER is marked by fewer and less xxiv AN ESSAY ON.
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... , on Vegetables , on brute Animals , and laft on Man ; concluding with a diffua- five from the wild and irregular passion of Love , op- pofed to that of a pure and happy kind . SPRING . C OME , gentle SPRING , ethereal Mildness.
... , on Vegetables , on brute Animals , and laft on Man ; concluding with a diffua- five from the wild and irregular passion of Love , op- pofed to that of a pure and happy kind . SPRING . C OME , gentle SPRING , ethereal Mildness.
Page 13
... pure , into these secret stores 235 Of health , and life , and joy ? the food of Man , While yet he liv'd in innocence , and told A length of golden years ; unflesh'd in blood , A ftranger to the favage arts of life , 240 Death , rapine ...
... pure , into these secret stores 235 Of health , and life , and joy ? the food of Man , While yet he liv'd in innocence , and told A length of golden years ; unflesh'd in blood , A ftranger to the favage arts of life , 240 Death , rapine ...
Page 17
... Pure was the temperate air an even calm Perpetual reign'd , fave what the zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanfe : for then nor storms Were taught to blow , nor hurricanes to rage ; Sound flept the waters ; no fulphureous glooms ...
... Pure was the temperate air an even calm Perpetual reign'd , fave what the zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanfe : for then nor storms Were taught to blow , nor hurricanes to rage ; Sound flept the waters ; no fulphureous glooms ...
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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