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Page li
The infinitely various and ever - changing hues of the leaves at this season ,
melting into every soft gradation of tint and shade , have long engaged the
imitation of the painter , and are equally happy ornaments in the description of
the poet .
The infinitely various and ever - changing hues of the leaves at this season ,
melting into every soft gradation of tint and shade , have long engaged the
imitation of the painter , and are equally happy ornaments in the description of
the poet .
Page lxvi
Its influence on inanimate Matter , on Vegetables , on brute Animals , and last on
Man ; concluding with a dissuasive from the wild and irregular passion of Love ,
opposed to that of a pure and happy kind . efs of Hari e various pars higher ; ce ...
Its influence on inanimate Matter , on Vegetables , on brute Animals , and last on
Man ; concluding with a dissuasive from the wild and irregular passion of Love ,
opposed to that of a pure and happy kind . efs of Hari e various pars higher ; ce ...
Page 66
... Waking the breeze , resounds the blended voice Of happy labour , love , and
social glee . Or rushing thence , in one diffusive band , They drive the troubled
flocks , by many a dog Compell'd , to where the mazy - running brook Forms a
deep ...
... Waking the breeze , resounds the blended voice Of happy labour , love , and
social glee . Or rushing thence , in one diffusive band , They drive the troubled
flocks , by many a dog Compell'd , to where the mazy - running brook Forms a
deep ...
Page 81
Here he fees Revolving ages sweep the changeful earth , And empires rise and
fall ; regardless he Of what the never - resting race of Men Project : thrice happy !
could he ' Icape their guile , Who mine , from cruel avarice , his steps ; Or with his
...
Here he fees Revolving ages sweep the changeful earth , And empires rise and
fall ; regardless he Of what the never - resting race of Men Project : thrice happy !
could he ' Icape their guile , Who mine , from cruel avarice , his steps ; Or with his
...
Page 130
When the bright Virgin gives the beauteous days , And Libra weighs in equal
scales the year ; From heaven's high cope the fierce effulgence shook Of parting
Summer , a serener blue , With golden light enlivened , wide invests The happy ...
When the bright Virgin gives the beauteous days , And Libra weighs in equal
scales the year ; From heaven's high cope the fierce effulgence shook Of parting
Summer , a serener blue , With golden light enlivened , wide invests The happy ...
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amid appears Autumn beam beauty beneath beſt breathes circling clouds comes courſe dark death deep delight deſcends deſcription earth fair fall fancy fear feels fields firſt fits flame flood force foul give gloom grace grove hand happy head heart heaven Hence hills himſelf human kind land laſt light lively look mind mingled morn moſt mountains Muſe Nature night o'er once peace plain poet pure race rage riſe river rocks roll round rural ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſee ſhade ſhe ſhines ſky ſmile ſnow ſoft ſome ſong ſoul ſpread Spring ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſuch ſun ſwelling thee theſe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro till toil train turn vale various virtue voice walk waſte wave whole whoſe wide wild winds wing Winter wonders woods youth
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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