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Page xxx
... thy pale fhrine glimm❜ring near ? With him , fweet bard , may Fancy die , And Joy defert the blooming year . RICHMOND Church . But thou , lorn ftream , whofe fullen tide No XXX ODE ON THE Then maids and youths fhall linger here, ...
... thy pale fhrine glimm❜ring near ? With him , fweet bard , may Fancy die , And Joy defert the blooming year . RICHMOND Church . But thou , lorn ftream , whofe fullen tide No XXX ODE ON THE Then maids and youths fhall linger here, ...
Page xxxvii
... fancy , wan- dered through the flowery wilds of defcription , he fuddenly checks himself , and returns to the toils of the husbandman ; fo THOMSON , in the midst of his delightful leffons of morality , and affecting relations , recurs ...
... fancy , wan- dered through the flowery wilds of defcription , he fuddenly checks himself , and returns to the toils of the husbandman ; fo THOMSON , in the midst of his delightful leffons of morality , and affecting relations , recurs ...
Page xlii
... fubterranean beds , do not require , or even admit , a heightening from the fancy . The most faithful pencil here pro- duces the nobleft pictures ; and THOMSON , by ftrictly adhering to the character of the Poet of Nature , xlii AN ESSAY ...
... fubterranean beds , do not require , or even admit , a heightening from the fancy . The most faithful pencil here pro- duces the nobleft pictures ; and THOMSON , by ftrictly adhering to the character of the Poet of Nature , xlii AN ESSAY ...
Page liv
... and tempefts , our poet has been able to produce a fet of winter landscapes , as engaging to the fancy as the apparently happier fcenes of genial warmth and verdure . But he has not trusted entirely to these resources for liv AN ESSAY ON.
... and tempefts , our poet has been able to produce a fet of winter landscapes , as engaging to the fancy as the apparently happier fcenes of genial warmth and verdure . But he has not trusted entirely to these resources for liv AN ESSAY ON.
Page lviii
... require any great ftretch of fancy . The nearer they ap- proach to common life , the more certainly will they produce their effect . Wonder and furprise are af fections of fo different a kind , and so distract lvii AN ESSAY ON.
... require any great ftretch of fancy . The nearer they ap- proach to common life , the more certainly will they produce their effect . Wonder and furprise are af fections of fo different a kind , and so distract lvii AN ESSAY ON.
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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