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Page xxxviii
... lively energy , and rapid increafe . Sum- mer has been resembled to perfect manhood - the fea fon of fteady warmth , confirmed strength , and unre- mitting vigour . Autumn , which , while it beftows the rich products of full maturity ...
... lively energy , and rapid increafe . Sum- mer has been resembled to perfect manhood - the fea fon of fteady warmth , confirmed strength , and unre- mitting vigour . Autumn , which , while it beftows the rich products of full maturity ...
Page xxxix
... lively manner . This order and gradation of the whole runs , as has been already hinted , through each divifion of the poem . Every feafon has its incipient , confirmed , and receding state , of which its hiftorian ought to give ...
... lively manner . This order and gradation of the whole runs , as has been already hinted , through each divifion of the poem . Every feafon has its incipient , confirmed , and receding state , of which its hiftorian ought to give ...
Page xlviii
... lively exertions . The in- fect race alone seem animated with peculiar vigour under the more direct influence of the fun ; and are therefore with equal truth and advantage introduced by the poet to enliven the filent and drooping scenes ...
... lively exertions . The in- fect race alone seem animated with peculiar vigour under the more direct influence of the fun ; and are therefore with equal truth and advantage introduced by the poet to enliven the filent and drooping scenes ...
Page 8
... lively gratitude . At last , ; The clouds confign their treasures to the fields And , softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelufive drops , let all their moisture flow , In large effufion , o'er the freshen'd world . The ftealing shower ...
... lively gratitude . At last , ; The clouds confign their treasures to the fields And , softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelufive drops , let all their moisture flow , In large effufion , o'er the freshen'd world . The ftealing shower ...
Page 16
... hand . When with his lively ray the potent fun Has pierc'd the streams , and rous'd the finny race , Then , iffuing cheerful , to thy fport repair ; Chief fhould the western breezes curling play , And light 16 SPRING .
... hand . When with his lively ray the potent fun Has pierc'd the streams , and rous'd the finny race , Then , iffuing cheerful , to thy fport repair ; Chief fhould the western breezes curling play , And light 16 SPRING .
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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