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Page xlvii
... Soft on the bosom of the parent earth : But fprings the shining grain ; their verdant robe The trees refume ; they grow , and pregnant bend Beneath their fertile load : hence kindly food The living tribes receive : the cheerful town ...
... Soft on the bosom of the parent earth : But fprings the shining grain ; their verdant robe The trees refume ; they grow , and pregnant bend Beneath their fertile load : hence kindly food The living tribes receive : the cheerful town ...
Page 11
... 'd his fullen joy . For mufic held the whole in perfect peace : Soft figh'd the flute : the tender voice was heard , Warbling the varied heart ; the woodlands round Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In SPRING . II.
... 'd his fullen joy . For mufic held the whole in perfect peace : Soft figh'd the flute : the tender voice was heard , Warbling the varied heart ; the woodlands round Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In SPRING . II.
Page 17
... your pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of Heaven , Soft difengage , and back into the stream G The speckled captive throw . But should you lure From SPRING . 17.
... your pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of Heaven , Soft difengage , and back into the stream G The speckled captive throw . But should you lure From SPRING . 17.
Page 35
... soft scenes , The SMILING GOD is feen ; while water , earth , And air atteft his bounty ; which exalts The brute creation to this finer thought , And annual melts their undefigning hearts Profufely thus in tenderness and joy . Still let ...
... soft scenes , The SMILING GOD is feen ; while water , earth , And air atteft his bounty ; which exalts The brute creation to this finer thought , And annual melts their undefigning hearts Profufely thus in tenderness and joy . Still let ...
Page 47
... Soft as it rolls along , fhews fome new charm , The father's luftre , and the mother's bloom . Then infant reason grows apace , and calls For the kind hand of an affiduous care . Delightful tafk ! to rear the tender thought , To teach ...
... Soft as it rolls along , fhews fome new charm , The father's luftre , and the mother's bloom . Then infant reason grows apace , and calls For the kind hand of an affiduous care . Delightful tafk ! to rear the tender thought , To teach ...
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amid beauty beneath beſt blaſt bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze clouds courſe deep defcends defcription earth ether facred fatire feafon fecret fhade fhine filent fimple fing firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow focial foft fome fong fons foon foreft foul friendſhip ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwain fwelling gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf itſelf laft landſcape laſt lefs loft looſe luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleafing pleaſure poet rage raiſe reſtleſs rife round ruſhes ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhower ſky ſpirit ſpreads Spring ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm taſte tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures uſe vale vex'd waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wiſdom wonders woods