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... till after several steps in gradual progreffion , that it breaks forth in all * * A defcriptive piece , in which this very interval of time is repre- fented , with all the accuracy of a naturalist , and vivid colouring of a poet , has ...
... till after several steps in gradual progreffion , that it breaks forth in all * * A defcriptive piece , in which this very interval of time is repre- fented , with all the accuracy of a naturalist , and vivid colouring of a poet , has ...
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... Till the whole leafy foreft ftands display'd , In full luxuriance to the fighing gales ; Where the deer ruftle thro ' the twining brake , And the birds fing conceal'd . At once , array'd In all the colours of the flushing year , By ...
... Till the whole leafy foreft ftands display'd , In full luxuriance to the fighing gales ; Where the deer ruftle thro ' the twining brake , And the birds fing conceal'd . At once , array'd In all the colours of the flushing year , By ...
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... race ! yet oft HS 120 The facred fons of vengeance ; on whose course 125 Corrofive famine waits , and kills the year . To check this plague the fkilful farmer chaff , And And blazing ftraw , before his orchard burns ; Till 8 SPRING .
... race ! yet oft HS 120 The facred fons of vengeance ; on whose course 125 Corrofive famine waits , and kills the year . To check this plague the fkilful farmer chaff , And And blazing ftraw , before his orchard burns ; Till 8 SPRING .
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James Thomson. And blazing ftraw , before his orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in fmoke , the latent foe From every cranny fuffocated falls : 130 Or scatters o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or ...
James Thomson. And blazing ftraw , before his orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in fmoke , the latent foe From every cranny fuffocated falls : 130 Or scatters o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or ...
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... Till in the western sky , the downward fun Looks out , effulgent , from amid the flush Of broken clouds , gay - fhifting to his beam . The rapid radiance inftantaneous strikes Th ' illumin'd mountain , thro ' the forest streams , Shakes ...
... Till in the western sky , the downward fun Looks out , effulgent , from amid the flush Of broken clouds , gay - fhifting to his beam . The rapid radiance inftantaneous strikes Th ' illumin'd mountain , thro ' the forest streams , Shakes ...
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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