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Page lvii
... peace and felicity of innocent retirement with the turbulent agitations of ambition and avarice . The various incidents too , upon which the fimple tale of rural events is founded , are very much mo- deled by the difference of seasons ...
... peace and felicity of innocent retirement with the turbulent agitations of ambition and avarice . The various incidents too , upon which the fimple tale of rural events is founded , are very much mo- deled by the difference of seasons ...
Page 11
... fullen joy . For mufic held the whole in perfect peace : Soft figh'd the flute : the tender voice was heard , Warbling the varied heart ; the woodlands round Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In SPRING . II.
... fullen joy . For mufic held the whole in perfect peace : Soft figh'd the flute : the tender voice was heard , Warbling the varied heart ; the woodlands round Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In SPRING . II.
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... peaceful people , what , To merit death ? you , who have given us milk In luscious ftreams , and lent us your own coat Against the winter's cold ? And the plain ox , That harmless , honeft , guilelefs animal , In what has he offended ...
... peaceful people , what , To merit death ? you , who have given us milk In luscious ftreams , and lent us your own coat Against the winter's cold ? And the plain ox , That harmless , honeft , guilelefs animal , In what has he offended ...
Page 19
... peace ; All but the fwellings of the foften'd heart , That waken , not difturb , the tranquil mind . Behold yon breathing profpect bids the Mufe Throw all her beauty forth . But who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast , Amid ...
... peace ; All but the fwellings of the foften'd heart , That waken , not difturb , the tranquil mind . Behold yon breathing profpect bids the Mufe Throw all her beauty forth . But who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast , Amid ...
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... peace , Unftain'd he holds , while many a league to fea He wings his course , and preys in distant isles . Should I my steps turn to the rural seat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs ...
... peace , Unftain'd he holds , while many a league to fea He wings his course , and preys in distant isles . Should I my steps turn to the rural seat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs ...
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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