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Page xlvi
Affected by the fame soft influence , and equally indebted to the renewed
vegetable tribes for food and shelter , the several kinds of quadrupeds are
represented as concurring in the celebration of this charming Season with
conjugal and ...
Affected by the fame soft influence , and equally indebted to the renewed
vegetable tribes for food and shelter , the several kinds of quadrupeds are
represented as concurring in the celebration of this charming Season with
conjugal and ...
Page xlvii
The rains are lost , when Jove descends in showers Soft on the bosom of the
parent earth : But springs the shining grain ; their verdant robe The trees resume ;
they grow , and pregnant bend Beneath their fertile load : hence kindly food The ...
The rains are lost , when Jove descends in showers Soft on the bosom of the
parent earth : But springs the shining grain ; their verdant robe The trees resume ;
they grow , and pregnant bend Beneath their fertile load : hence kindly food The ...
Page 21
Here their delicious talk the fervent bees , In swarming millions , tend : around ,
athwart , Thro ' the soft air , the busy nations fly , Cling to the bud , and , with
inserted tube , Suck its pure effence , its ethereal foul ; And oft , with bolder wing ,
they ...
Here their delicious talk the fervent bees , In swarming millions , tend : around ,
athwart , Thro ' the soft air , the busy nations fly , Cling to the bud , and , with
inserted tube , Suck its pure effence , its ethereal foul ; And oft , with bolder wing ,
they ...
Page 82
While Philomel is ours ; while in our shades , Thro ' the soft silence of the
listening night , The fober - suited fongstrefs trills her lay . X But come , my Muse ,
the desert - barrier burst , A wild expanse of lifeless fand and sky : And , swifter
than the ...
While Philomel is ours ; while in our shades , Thro ' the soft silence of the
listening night , The fober - suited fongstrefs trills her lay . X But come , my Muse ,
the desert - barrier burst , A wild expanse of lifeless fand and sky : And , swifter
than the ...
Page 235
To Him , ye vocal gales , Breathe soft , whose Spirit in your freshness breathes ;
Oh talk of Him in solitary glooms ! Where , o'er the rock , the scarcely waving pine
Fills the brown shade with a religious awe . And ye , whose bolder note is heard ...
To Him , ye vocal gales , Breathe soft , whose Spirit in your freshness breathes ;
Oh talk of Him in solitary glooms ! Where , o'er the rock , the scarcely waving pine
Fills the brown shade with a religious awe . And ye , whose bolder note is heard ...
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amid appears Autumn beam beauty beneath beſt breathes circling clouds comes courſe dark death deep delight deſcends deſcription earth fair fall fancy fear feels fields firſt fits flame flood force foul give gloom grace grove hand happy head heart heaven Hence hills himſelf human kind land laſt light lively look mind mingled morn moſt mountains Muſe Nature night o'er once peace plain poet pure race rage riſe river rocks roll round rural ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſee ſhade ſhe ſhines ſky ſmile ſnow ſoft ſome ſong ſoul ſpread 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 | A. Strahan, 1799 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 238 pages |
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