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Page xxxviii
... earth performs its revolution round the fun is fo ffrongly marked by nature for a perfect period , that all mankind have agreed in forming their computations of time upon it . In all the temperate climates of the globe , the four ...
... earth performs its revolution round the fun is fo ffrongly marked by nature for a perfect period , that all mankind have agreed in forming their computations of time upon it . In all the temperate climates of the globe , the four ...
Page xlvii
... 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 Beholds its joyous bands of ...
... 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 Beholds its joyous bands of ...
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... earth which they are to clothe and decorate . The young of the animal race , which Spring and Summer had brought forth and cherished , having now acquired fufficient vigour , quit their con- cealments , and offer themselves to the ...
... earth which they are to clothe and decorate . The young of the animal race , which Spring and Summer had brought forth and cherished , having now acquired fufficient vigour , quit their con- cealments , and offer themselves to the ...
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... earth , the moving softness strays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature , and his lufty fteers Drives from their ftalls , to where the well - us'd plough Lies in the furrow , loofen'd from the froft . There ...
... earth , the moving softness strays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature , and his lufty fteers Drives from their ftalls , to where the well - us'd plough Lies in the furrow , loofen'd from the froft . There ...
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... earth , In various hues ; but chiefly thee , gay Green ! Thou fmiling Nature's univerfal robe ! United light and fhade ! where the fight dwells With growing ftrength , and ever - new delight . From the moist meadow to the wither'd hill ...
... earth , In various hues ; but chiefly thee , gay Green ! Thou fmiling Nature's univerfal robe ! United light and fhade ! where the fight dwells With growing ftrength , and ever - new delight . From the moist meadow to the wither'd hill ...
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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