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Page xxix
... laid , That he , whofe heart in forrow bleeds , May love thro ' life the foothing shade . * The harp of ÆOLUS , of which fee a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE . Then maids and youths fhall linger here , And while O DE ...
... laid , That he , whofe heart in forrow bleeds , May love thro ' life the foothing shade . * The harp of ÆOLUS , of which fee a description in the CASTLE OF INDOLENCE . Then maids and youths fhall linger here , And while O DE ...
Page xxxv
... description of such natural objects as by their beauty , grandeur , or novelty , agreeably imprefs the imagination ... descriptions have been in- troduced . They have been made fubfervient to the purposes of ornament and illustration ...
... description of such natural objects as by their beauty , grandeur , or novelty , agreeably imprefs the imagination ... descriptions have been in- troduced . They have been made fubfervient to the purposes of ornament and illustration ...
Page lix
... description and imagery , have equalled our poet in elegant and be- nevolent fentiment , and perhaps excelled him in in- terefting narration . Of thefe , it will be fufficient to mention the ingenious author of a French poem on the ...
... description and imagery , have equalled our poet in elegant and be- nevolent fentiment , and perhaps excelled him in in- terefting narration . Of thefe , it will be fufficient to mention the ingenious author of a French poem on the ...
Page 48
... description of a fummer's day . The dawn . Sun - rifing . Hymn to the fun . Forenoon . Summer infects defcribed . Hay - making . Sheep - fhearing . Noon - day . A woodland retreat . Groupe of herds and flocks . A folemn grove ; how it ...
... description of a fummer's day . The dawn . Sun - rifing . Hymn to the fun . Forenoon . Summer infects defcribed . Hay - making . Sheep - fhearing . Noon - day . A woodland retreat . Groupe of herds and flocks . A folemn grove ; how it ...
Page 126
... description of fogs , frequent in the latter part of Autumn : whence a digreffion , enquiring into the rife of fountains and rivers . Birds of feafon confidered , that now shift their habitation . The prodigious number of them that ...
... description of fogs , frequent in the latter part of Autumn : whence a digreffion , enquiring into the rife of fountains and rivers . Birds of feafon confidered , that now shift their habitation . The prodigious number of them that ...
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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