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... from whose fair brow The bursting prospect spreads immenfe around : And
snatch'd o'er hill and dale , and wood and ... roughens into rigid hills ; O'er which
the Cambrian mountains , like far clouds That skirt the blue horizon , dusky rife .
... from whose fair brow The bursting prospect spreads immenfe around : And
snatch'd o'er hill and dale , and wood and ... roughens into rigid hills ; O'er which
the Cambrian mountains , like far clouds That skirt the blue horizon , dusky rife .
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Their swelling treasures to the funny ray , Inly disturb'd , and wondering what this
wild Outrageous tumult means , their loud complaints The country fill ; and , toss'd
from rock to rock , Inceffant bleatings run around the hills . At last , of snowy ...
Their swelling treasures to the funny ray , Inly disturb'd , and wondering what this
wild Outrageous tumult means , their loud complaints The country fill ; and , toss'd
from rock to rock , Inceffant bleatings run around the hills . At last , of snowy ...
Page 110
O fuftly - swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies , And joys to see
the wonders of his toil . Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around , Of
hills , and dales , and woods , and lawns , and spires , And glittering towns , and ...
O fuftly - swelling hills ! On which the Power of Cultivation lies , And joys to see
the wonders of his toil . Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around , Of
hills , and dales , and woods , and lawns , and spires , And glittering towns , and ...
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But hence this vain Amusive dream ! why should the waters love To take so far a
journey to the hills , When the sweet valleys offer to their toil Inviting quiet , and a
nearer bed ? Or if , by blind ambition led astray , They must aspire , why should ...
But hence this vain Amusive dream ! why should the waters love To take so far a
journey to the hills , When the sweet valleys offer to their toil Inviting quiet , and a
nearer bed ? Or if , by blind ambition led astray , They must aspire , why should ...
Page 160
High as the hills protrude the swelling vales : Old Ocean too , suck'd thro ' the
porous globe , Had long ere now forsook his horrid bed , And brought
Deucalion's watry times again . 6 Say then , where lurk the vast eternal springs ,
That , like ...
High as the hills protrude the swelling vales : Old Ocean too , suck'd thro ' the
porous globe , Had long ere now forsook his horrid bed , And brought
Deucalion's watry times again . 6 Say then , where lurk the vast eternal springs ,
That , like ...
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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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