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Page 11
Mean time the song went round ; and dance and sport , Wisdom and friendly talk
fucceffive , stole Their hours away : while in the rosy vale Love breath'd his infant
fighs , from anguish free , And full replete with bliss ; save the sweet pain , That ...
Mean time the song went round ; and dance and sport , Wisdom and friendly talk
fucceffive , stole Their hours away : while in the rosy vale Love breath'd his infant
fighs , from anguish free , And full replete with bliss ; save the sweet pain , That ...
Page 22
Now meets the bending sky ; the river now Dimpling along , the breezy ruffled
lake , The forest darkening round , the glittering spire , Th ' ethereal mountain ,
and the distant main . But why so far excursive ? when at hand , Along these
blushing ...
Now meets the bending sky ; the river now Dimpling along , the breezy ruffled
lake , The forest darkening round , the glittering spire , Th ' ethereal mountain ,
and the distant main . But why so far excursive ? when at hand , Along these
blushing ...
Page 37
The whole creation round . Contentment walks The funny glade , and feels an
inward bliss Spring o'er his mind , beyond the power of kings To purchase . Pure
serenity apace Induces thought , and contemplation still . By swift degrees the
love ...
The whole creation round . Contentment walks The funny glade , and feels an
inward bliss Spring o'er his mind , beyond the power of kings To purchase . Pure
serenity apace Induces thought , and contemplation still . By swift degrees the
love ...
Page 67
The housewife waits to roll her feecy stores , With all her gay - drest maids
attending round . One , chief , in gracious dignity enthron'd , · Shines o'er the reft ,
the pastoral queen , and rays Her smiles , sweet - beaming , on her shepherd -
king ...
The housewife waits to roll her feecy stores , With all her gay - drest maids
attending round . One , chief , in gracious dignity enthron'd , · Shines o'er the reft ,
the pastoral queen , and rays Her smiles , sweet - beaming , on her shepherd -
king ...
Page 149
Relentless torn : O glorious he , beyond His daring peers ! when the retreating
horn Calls them to ghostly halls of grey renown , With woodland honours grac'd ;
the fox's fur , Depending decent from the roof ; and spread Round the drear walls
...
Relentless torn : O glorious he , beyond His daring peers ! when the retreating
horn Calls them to ghostly halls of grey renown , With woodland honours grac'd ;
the fox's fur , Depending decent from the roof ; and spread Round the drear walls
...
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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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