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Page 21
Arabia cannot boast A fuller gale of joy , than , liberal , thence Breathes thro ' the
sense , and takes the ravish'd soul . Nor is the mead unworthy of thy foot , Full of
fresh verdure , and unnumber'd lowers , The negligence of Nature , wide , and ...
Arabia cannot boast A fuller gale of joy , than , liberal , thence Breathes thro ' the
sense , and takes the ravish'd soul . Nor is the mead unworthy of thy foot , Full of
fresh verdure , and unnumber'd lowers , The negligence of Nature , wide , and ...
Page 59
To me be Nature's volume broad - display'd ; And to peruse its all - instructing
page , Or , haply catching inspiration thence , Some easy paffage , raptur'd , to
translatc , My sole delight ; as thro ' the falling glooms Pensive I ftray , or with the ...
To me be Nature's volume broad - display'd ; And to peruse its all - instructing
page , Or , haply catching inspiration thence , Some easy paffage , raptur'd , to
translatc , My sole delight ; as thro ' the falling glooms Pensive I ftray , or with the ...
Page 82
While Philomel is ours ; while in our shades , Thro ' the soft silence of the
listening night , The fober - suited fongstrefs trills her lay . X But come , my Muse ,
the desert - barrier burst , A wild expanse of lifeless fand and sky : And , swifter
than the ...
While Philomel is ours ; while in our shades , Thro ' the soft silence of the
listening night , The fober - suited fongstrefs trills her lay . X But come , my Muse ,
the desert - barrier burst , A wild expanse of lifeless fand and sky : And , swifter
than the ...
Page 122
They feel a joy Divinely great ; they in their powers exult , That wondrous force of
thought , which mounting spurns This dusky spot , and measures all the sky ;
While , from his far excursion thro ' the wilds Of barren ether , faithful to his time ...
They feel a joy Divinely great ; they in their powers exult , That wondrous force of
thought , which mounting spurns This dusky spot , and measures all the sky ;
While , from his far excursion thro ' the wilds Of barren ether , faithful to his time ...
Page 199
When for the dusky spot , which fancy feign'd His tufted cottage rising thro ' the
snow , He meets the roughness of the middle watte , Far from the track , and bleft
abode of Man ; While round him night refiftless clofes fast , And every tempeft ...
When for the dusky spot , which fancy feign'd His tufted cottage rising thro ' the
snow , He meets the roughness of the middle watte , Far from the track , and bleft
abode of Man ; While round him night refiftless clofes fast , And every tempeft ...
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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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