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Page 13
1 Of life impatient , into madness swells Or in dead filence wastes the weeping
hours . These , and a thousand mix'd emotions more , From ever - changing
views of good and ill , Form'd infinitely various , vex the mind With endless storm
...
1 Of life impatient , into madness swells Or in dead filence wastes the weeping
hours . These , and a thousand mix'd emotions more , From ever - changing
views of good and ill , Form'd infinitely various , vex the mind With endless storm
...
Page 142
Expos'd , and naked , to its utmost rage , Thro ' all the sea of harvest rolling round
, The billowy plain floats wide ; nor can evade , Tho ' pliant to the blast , its seizing
force ; Or whirl'd in air , or into vacant chaff Shook waste . And sometimes too ...
Expos'd , and naked , to its utmost rage , Thro ' all the sea of harvest rolling round
, The billowy plain floats wide ; nor can evade , Tho ' pliant to the blast , its seizing
force ; Or whirl'd in air , or into vacant chaff Shook waste . And sometimes too ...
Page 196
... Is one wild dazzling waste , that buries wide The works of Man , Drooping , the
labourer - 196 WINTER.
... Is one wild dazzling waste , that buries wide The works of Man , Drooping , the
labourer - 196 WINTER.
Page 200
Ah little think the gay licentious proud , Whom pleasure , power , and affluence
surround ; They , who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth , And wanton , often
cruel , riot waste ; Ah little think they , while they dance along , How many feel ,
this ...
Ah little think the gay licentious proud , Whom pleasure , power , and affluence
surround ; They , who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth , And wanton , often
cruel , riot waste ; Ah little think they , while they dance along , How many feel ,
this ...
Page 220
Yet there life glows ; Yet cherish'd there , beneath the shining waste , The furry
nations harbour : tipt with jet , Fair ermines , spotless as the snows they press ;
Sables , of glossy black ; and dark - embrown'd , Or beauteous freakt with many a
...
Yet there life glows ; Yet cherish'd there , beneath the shining waste , The furry
nations harbour : tipt with jet , Fair ermines , spotless as the snows they press ;
Sables , of glossy black ; and dark - embrown'd , Or beauteous freakt with many a
...
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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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