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Page xxxviii
... round the fun is fo ffrongly marked by nature for a perfect period , that all mankind have agreed in forming their computations of time upon it . In all the temperate climates of the globe , the four seasons are so many progreffive ...
... round the fun is fo ffrongly marked by nature for a perfect period , that all mankind have agreed in forming their computations of time upon it . In all the temperate climates of the globe , the four seasons are so many progreffive ...
Page lvi
... hunter , appear in their turns ; and may be confidered as natural concomitants of that portion of the yearly round which prompts their feveral occupations . But it is not only the bodily purfuits of man lvi AN ESSAY ON.
... hunter , appear in their turns ; and may be confidered as natural concomitants of that portion of the yearly round which prompts their feveral occupations . But it is not only the bodily purfuits of man lvi AN ESSAY ON.
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... round a fettled gloom : Not fuch as wint❜ry storms on mortals shed , Oppreffing life ; but lovely , gentle , kind , And full of every hope and every joy , The wish of Nature . Gradual finks the breeze Into a perfect calm ; that not a ...
... round a fettled gloom : Not fuch as wint❜ry storms on mortals shed , Oppreffing life ; but lovely , gentle , kind , And full of every hope and every joy , The wish of Nature . Gradual finks the breeze Into a perfect calm ; that not a ...
Page 8
... round . Thus all day long the full - diftended clouds Indulge their genial stores , and well - fhower'd earth Is deep enrich'd with vegetable life ; Till , in the western sky , the downward fun Looks out , effulgent , from amid the ...
... round . Thus all day long the full - diftended clouds Indulge their genial stores , and well - fhower'd earth Is deep enrich'd with vegetable life ; Till , in the western sky , the downward fun Looks out , effulgent , from amid the ...
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... round ; and dance and sport , Wisdom and friendly talk fucceffive , ftole Their hours away while in the rofy vale Love breath'd his infant fighs , from anguish free , And full replete with blifs ; fave the sweet pain , That inly ...
... round ; and dance and sport , Wisdom and friendly talk fucceffive , ftole Their hours away while in the rofy vale Love breath'd his infant fighs , from anguish free , And full replete with blifs ; fave the sweet pain , That inly ...
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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