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Page 19
There let the classic page thy fancy lead Thro ' rural scenes ; such as the
Mantuan swain Paints in the matchless harmony of song . Or catch thyself the
landscape , gliding swift Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods
and waters ...
There let the classic page thy fancy lead Thro ' rural scenes ; such as the
Mantuan swain Paints in the matchless harmony of song . Or catch thyself the
landscape , gliding swift Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods
and waters ...
Page 20
If fancy then Unequal fails beneath the pleasing talk , Ah what shall language do
? ah where find words Ting'd with so many colours ; and whose power , To life
approaching , may perfume my lays With that fine oil , thofe aromatic gales , That
...
If fancy then Unequal fails beneath the pleasing talk , Ah what shall language do
? ah where find words Ting'd with so many colours ; and whose power , To life
approaching , may perfume my lays With that fine oil , thofe aromatic gales , That
...
Page 76
The stock - dove only thro ' the forest cooes , Mournfully hoarse ; oft ceafing from
his plaint , Short interval of weary woe ! again The sad idea of his murder'd mate ,
Struck from his fide by favage fowler's guile , Across his fancy comes ; and then ...
The stock - dove only thro ' the forest cooes , Mournfully hoarse ; oft ceafing from
his plaint , Short interval of weary woe ! again The sad idea of his murder'd mate ,
Struck from his fide by favage fowler's guile , Across his fancy comes ; and then ...
Page 171
While there with thee th'inchanted round I walk , The regulated wild , gay Fancy
then Will tread in thought the groves of Attic Land ; # The seat of the Lord
Viscount Cobham . f The Temple of Virtue in Stow.Gardens . Will from thy
standard taste ...
While there with thee th'inchanted round I walk , The regulated wild , gay Fancy
then Will tread in thought the groves of Attic Land ; # The seat of the Lord
Viscount Cobham . f The Temple of Virtue in Stow.Gardens . Will from thy
standard taste ...
Page 199
When for the dusky spot , which fancy feign'd His tufted cottage rising thro ' the
snow , He meets the roughness of the middle watte , Far from the track , and bleft
abode of Man ; While round him night refiftless clofes fast , And every tempeft ...
When for the dusky spot , which fancy feign'd His tufted cottage rising thro ' the
snow , He meets the roughness of the middle watte , Far from the track , and bleft
abode of Man ; While round him night refiftless clofes fast , And every tempeft ...
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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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