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Page vii
Something of a more folid nature was required as the groundwork of a poetical
fabric ; pure description was opposed to sense ; and binding together the wild
flowers which grew obvious to commmon sight and touch , was deemed a trilling
and ...
Something of a more folid nature was required as the groundwork of a poetical
fabric ; pure description was opposed to sense ; and binding together the wild
flowers which grew obvious to commmon sight and touch , was deemed a trilling
and ...
Page 4
... with bill ingulpht To shake the founding marsh ; or from the shore The plovers
when to scatter o'er the heath , And fing their wild notes to the listening waste . ,
25 At last from Aries rolls the bounteous fun , And the bright Bull receives him .
... with bill ingulpht To shake the founding marsh ; or from the shore The plovers
when to scatter o'er the heath , And fing their wild notes to the listening waste . ,
25 At last from Aries rolls the bounteous fun , And the bright Bull receives him .
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Full swell the woods ; their every music wakes , Mix'd in wild concert with the
warbling brooks Increas'd , the distant bleatings of the hills , 200 And hollow lows
responsive from the vales , Whence blending all the sweetened zephyr springs ...
Full swell the woods ; their every music wakes , Mix'd in wild concert with the
warbling brooks Increas'd , the distant bleatings of the hills , 200 And hollow lows
responsive from the vales , Whence blending all the sweetened zephyr springs ...
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Then spring the living herbs , profusely wild , O'er all the deep green earth ,
beyond the power Of botanist to number up their tribes : Whether he steals along
the lonely dale , 225 In silent search ; or thro ' the forest rank With what the dull ...
Then spring the living herbs , profusely wild , O'er all the deep green earth ,
beyond the power Of botanist to number up their tribes : Whether he steals along
the lonely dale , 225 In silent search ; or thro ' the forest rank With what the dull ...
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They too are temper'd high , With hunger ftung and wild necessity , Nor lodges
pity in their shaggy breast . But Man , whom Nature form'd of milder clay , With
every kind emotion in his heart , 350 And taught alone to weep ; while from her
lap ...
They too are temper'd high , With hunger ftung and wild necessity , Nor lodges
pity in their shaggy breast . But Man , whom Nature form'd of milder clay , With
every kind emotion in his heart , 350 And taught alone to weep ; while from her
lap ...
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amid appears Autumn beam beauty beneath bloom breaſt breath breeze circling clouds comes dark death deep delight deſcends draws earth fair fall fancy fear feels fields firſt fits flame flood force foul founding friends give gloom grace grove hand happy head heart heaven Hence hills human kind land laſt light lively look mind mingled mountains Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er once peace plain Poet pride pure race rage riſe river rocks roll round rural ſcene ſeaſon ſee ſhade ſhe ſhining ſky ſmile ſnow ſoft ſome ſong ſoul ſpreads Spring ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſuch ſun ſwelling thee theſe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro till toil train turn vale various virtue voice walk waſte wave whole whoſe wide wild winds wing Winter wonders woods youth
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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