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Page vii
... 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 published , in fucceffion , but not in A 3 their their prefent order ...
... 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 published , in fucceffion , but not in A 3 their their prefent order ...
Page viii
... wilds of defcription , he fuddenly checks himself , and returns to the toils of the husband- fo Thomson , in the midst of his delight- 1 ; * They appeared in the following order ; Winter , Summer , Spring , Autuma . ful ful leffons of ...
... wilds of defcription , he fuddenly checks himself , and returns to the toils of the husband- fo Thomson , in the midst of his delight- 1 ; * They appeared in the following order ; Winter , Summer , Spring , Autuma . ful ful leffons of ...
Page 2
... 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 4
... wild notes to the liftening waste . AT laft from Aries rolls the bounteous fun , And the bright Bull receives him . Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and vivifying foul , 20 25 Lifts the ...
... wild notes to the liftening waste . AT laft from Aries rolls the bounteous fun , And the bright Bull receives him . Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and vivifying foul , 20 25 Lifts the ...
Page 8
... wilds , a cutting gale Rife not , and scatter from his humid wings The clammy mildew ; or , dry - blowing , breathe Untimely froft ; before whose baleful blast The full - blown Spring thro all her foliage fhrinks , Joylefs and dead , a ...
... wilds , a cutting gale Rife not , and scatter from his humid wings The clammy mildew ; or , dry - blowing , breathe Untimely froft ; before whose baleful blast The full - blown Spring thro all her foliage fhrinks , Joylefs and dead , a ...
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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