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Page 14
Great Spring , before , Green'd all the year ; and fruits and blossoms blush'd , In
focial sweetness , on the self - fame bough . Pure was the temperate air ; an even
calm Perpetual reign'd , save what the zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue ...
Great Spring , before , Green'd all the year ; and fruits and blossoms blush'd , In
focial sweetness , on the self - fame bough . Pure was the temperate air ; an even
calm Perpetual reign'd , save what the zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue ...
Page 22
But why so far excursive ? when at hand , Along these blushing borders , bright
with dew , And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair - handed Spring
unbofoms every grace ; Throws out the snow - drop , and the crocus first ; The
daisy ...
But why so far excursive ? when at hand , Along these blushing borders , bright
with dew , And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair - handed Spring
unbofoms every grace ; Throws out the snow - drop , and the crocus first ; The
daisy ...
Page 24
Oh pour The mazy - running foul of melody Into varied verse ! while I deduce ,
From the first note the hollow cuckoo sings , The symphony of Spring , and touch
a theme Unknown to fame , the Pasion of the groves . When first the foul of love is
...
Oh pour The mazy - running foul of melody Into varied verse ! while I deduce ,
From the first note the hollow cuckoo sings , The symphony of Spring , and touch
a theme Unknown to fame , the Pasion of the groves . When first the foul of love is
...
Page 35
But , tho ' conceal'd , to every purer eye Th'informing Author in his works appears
: Chief , lovely Spring , in thee , and thy soft scenes , The SMILING God is seen ;
while water , earth , And air atteft his bounty , which exalts The brute creation to ...
But , tho ' conceal'd , to every purer eye Th'informing Author in his works appears
: Chief , lovely Spring , in thee , and thy soft scenes , The SMILING God is seen ;
while water , earth , And air atteft his bounty , which exalts The brute creation to ...
Page 36
Can fierce passions vex his bre While every gale is peace , and every grove Is
melody ? Hence ! from the bounteous walks Of flowing Spring , ye sordid sons of
earth , Hard , and unfeeling of another's woe ; Or only lavish to yourselves ; away
!
Can fierce passions vex his bre While every gale is peace , and every grove Is
melody ? Hence ! from the bounteous walks Of flowing Spring , ye sordid sons of
earth , Hard , and unfeeling of another's woe ; Or only lavish to yourselves ; away
!
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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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