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Page 30
Can bear the mourner to the poplar shade ; Where , all abandon'd to despair ,
she sings Her sorrows thro ' the night ; and , on the bough , Sole - fitting , still at
every dying fall Takes up again her lamentable strain Of winding woe ; till , wide ...
Can bear the mourner to the poplar shade ; Where , all abandon'd to despair ,
she sings Her sorrows thro ' the night ; and , on the bough , Sole - fitting , still at
every dying fall Takes up again her lamentable strain Of winding woe ; till , wide ...
Page 131
Still unexerted , in th ' unconscious breaft , Slept the lethargic powers ; corruption
still , Voracious , swallowed what the liberal hand Of bounty scatter'd o'er the
favage year : And still the sad barbarian , roving , mix'd With beasts of prey ; or for
...
Still unexerted , in th ' unconscious breaft , Slept the lethargic powers ; corruption
still , Voracious , swallowed what the liberal hand Of bounty scatter'd o'er the
favage year : And still the sad barbarian , roving , mix'd With beasts of prey ; or for
...
Page 142
Still over head The mingling tempeft weaves its gloom , and still The deluge
deepens ; till the fields around Lie sunk , and flatted , in the fordid wave . Sudden
, the ditches swell ; the meadows swim . Red , from the hills , innumerable
streams ...
Still over head The mingling tempeft weaves its gloom , and still The deluge
deepens ; till the fields around Lie sunk , and flatted , in the fordid wave . Sudden
, the ditches swell ; the meadows swim . Red , from the hills , innumerable
streams ...
Page 179
What tho ' his bowl Flames not with costly juice ; nor funk in beds , Oft of gay care
, he tosses out the night , Or melts the thoughtless hours in idle state ? What tho '
he knows not those fantastic joys , That still amuse the wanton , still deceive ; A ...
What tho ' his bowl Flames not with costly juice ; nor funk in beds , Oft of gay care
, he tosses out the night , Or melts the thoughtless hours in idle state ? What tho '
he knows not those fantastic joys , That still amuse the wanton , still deceive ; A ...
Page 181
... At distance safe , the human tempest roar , Wrapt close in conscious peace .
The fall of kings , The rage of nations , and the crush of states , Move not the Man
, who , from the world escap'd , In still retreats , and flowery folitudes , To Nature's
...
... At distance safe , the human tempest roar , Wrapt close in conscious peace .
The fall of kings , The rage of nations , and the crush of states , Move not the Man
, who , from the world escap'd , In still retreats , and flowery folitudes , To Nature's
...
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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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