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Page 19
Where scatter'd wide the lily of the vale Its balmy essence breathes , where
cowslips hang The dewy head , where purple violets lurk , With all the lowly
children of the shade : Or lie reclin'd beneath yon spreading ash , Hung o'er the
steep ...
Where scatter'd wide the lily of the vale Its balmy essence breathes , where
cowslips hang The dewy head , where purple violets lurk , With all the lowly
children of the shade : Or lie reclin'd beneath yon spreading ash , Hung o'er the
steep ...
Page 82
X But come , my Muse , the desert - barrier burst , A wild expanse of lifeless fand
and sky : And , swifter than the toiling caravan , Shoot o'er the vale of Sennar ;
ardent climb The Nubian mountains , and the fecret bounds Of jealous Abyssinia
...
X But come , my Muse , the desert - barrier burst , A wild expanse of lifeless fand
and sky : And , swifter than the toiling caravan , Shoot o'er the vale of Sennar ;
ardent climb The Nubian mountains , and the fecret bounds Of jealous Abyssinia
...
Page 110
Beneath whose shades , in spotless peace retir'd , With Her the pleasing partner
of his heart , The worthy QUEENSB'r y yet laments his Gay , And polish'd
CORNBURY wooes the willing Muse , Slow let us trace the matchless VALE OF ...
Beneath whose shades , in spotless peace retir'd , With Her the pleasing partner
of his heart , The worthy QUEENSB'r y yet laments his Gay , And polish'd
CORNBURY wooes the willing Muse , Slow let us trace the matchless VALE OF ...
Page 136
... far retir'd Among the windings of a woody vale ; By solitude and deep
surrounding shades , But more by bashful modesty , conceal'd . Together thus
they shunn'd the cruel fcorn Which virtue , sunk to poverty , would meet From
giddy passion ...
... far retir'd Among the windings of a woody vale ; By solitude and deep
surrounding shades , But more by bashful modesty , conceal'd . Together thus
they shunn'd the cruel fcorn Which virtue , sunk to poverty , would meet From
giddy passion ...
Page 142
High - beat , the circling mountains eddy in , From the bare wild , the dissipated
ftorm , And send it in a torrent down the vale . Expos'd , and naked , to its utmost
rage , Thro ' all the sea of harvest rolling round , The billowy plain floats wide ; nor
...
High - beat , the circling mountains eddy in , From the bare wild , the dissipated
ftorm , And send it in a torrent down the vale . Expos'd , and naked , to its utmost
rage , Thro ' all the sea of harvest rolling round , The billowy plain floats wide ; nor
...
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amid appears Autumn beam beauty beneath beſt breathes circling clouds comes courſe dark death deep delight deſcends deſcription earth fair fall fancy fear feels fields firſt fits flame flood force foul give gloom grace grove hand happy head heart heaven Hence hills himſelf human kind land laſt light lively look mind mingled morn moſt mountains Muſe Nature night o'er once peace plain poet pure race rage riſe river rocks roll round rural ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſee ſhade ſhe ſhines ſky ſmile ſnow ſoft ſome ſong ſoul ſpread Spring ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſuch ſun ſwelling thee theſe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro till toil train turn vale various virtue voice walk waſte wave whole whoſe wide wild winds wing Winter wonders woods youth
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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