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Page xxi
... turning warmth , shake off the torpid inaction of Winter , and prepare for the continuance and increase of their feveral fpecies . The vegetable tribes , as more independent and felf - provided , lead the way in this progrefs . The poet ...
... turning warmth , shake off the torpid inaction of Winter , and prepare for the continuance and increase of their feveral fpecies . The vegetable tribes , as more independent and felf - provided , lead the way in this progrefs . The poet ...
Page xxxvi
... turns ; and may be confidered as natural concomitants of that portion of the yearly round which prompts their feveral occupations . BUT it is not only the bodily pursuits of man which are affected by these changes ; the fenfa- tions and ...
... turns ; and may be confidered as natural concomitants of that portion of the yearly round which prompts their feveral occupations . BUT it is not only the bodily pursuits of man which are affected by these changes ; the fenfa- tions and ...
Page 10
... turn the many - twinkling leaves Of afpin tall . Th ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , feem thro ' delufive lapse Forgetful of their courfe . ' Tis filence all , And pleafing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
... turn the many - twinkling leaves Of afpin tall . Th ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , feem thro ' delufive lapse Forgetful of their courfe . ' Tis filence all , And pleafing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
Page 36
... turn to the rural feat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , 750 755 760 765 * The fartheft of the western islands of Scotland , In early Spring , his airy city builds , And In 36 S PRIN G.
... turn to the rural feat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , 750 755 760 765 * The fartheft of the western islands of Scotland , In early Spring , his airy city builds , And In 36 S PRIN G.
Page 37
... turns the changeful neck . 785 WHILE thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of brutes , below , rufh furious into flame , And fierce defire . Thro ' all his lufty veins D3 And SPRING . 37.
... turns the changeful neck . 785 WHILE thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of brutes , below , rufh furious into flame , And fierce defire . Thro ' all his lufty veins D3 And SPRING . 37.
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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