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Page xxii
... laft agonies of their beloved friend . This lamented death happened on the 27th day of August 1748 . His teftamentary executors were , the Lord Lyttel- ton , whose care of our poet's fortune and fame ceased not with his life ; and Mr ...
... laft agonies of their beloved friend . This lamented death happened on the 27th day of August 1748 . His teftamentary executors were , the Lord Lyttel- ton , whose care of our poet's fortune and fame ceased not with his life ; and Mr ...
Page xlix
... laft survey of the fofter summer of our island ; and , after clofing the prospect of ter- reftrial beauties , artfully fhifts the scene to celestial fplendours , which , though perhaps not more striking in this feafon than in fome of ...
... laft survey of the fofter summer of our island ; and , after clofing the prospect of ter- reftrial beauties , artfully fhifts the scene to celestial fplendours , which , though perhaps not more striking in this feafon than in fome of ...
Page lxi
... laft in real elevation , is also strictly connected with the nature of his work . The genuine philofopher , while he furveys the grand and beautiful objects every where furrounding him , will be prompted to lift his eye to the great ...
... laft in real elevation , is also strictly connected with the nature of his work . The genuine philofopher , while he furveys the grand and beautiful objects every where furrounding him , will be prompted to lift his eye to the great ...
Page 2
... laft from Aries rolls the bounteous fun , And the bright Bull receives him . Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and vivifying foul , Lifts the light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin ...
... laft from Aries rolls the bounteous fun , And the bright Bull receives him . Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and vivifying foul , Lifts the light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin ...
Page 13
... laft , extinct each focial feeling , fell And joylefs inhumanity pervades And petrifies the heart . Nature disturb'd Is deem'd , vindictive , to have chang'd her course . Hence , in old dufky time , a deluge came : When the deep - cleft ...
... laft , extinct each focial feeling , fell And joylefs inhumanity pervades And petrifies the heart . Nature disturb'd Is deem'd , vindictive , to have chang'd her course . Hence , in old dufky time , a deluge came : When the deep - cleft ...
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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