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Page ix
... in London , he quickly prepared himself for his journey . And although this
encouragement ended in nothing beneficial , it served for the present as a good
pretext , to cover the imprudence of committing himself to the wide world ,
unfriended ...
... in London , he quickly prepared himself for his journey . And although this
encouragement ended in nothing beneficial , it served for the present as a good
pretext , to cover the imprudence of committing himself to the wide world ,
unfriended ...
Page xlvii
... receive : the cheerful town Beholds its joyous bands of flowering youth ; With
new - born songs the leafy groves resound ; The full - fed Alocks amid the
laughing meads Their weary bodies lay , while wide - distent The plenteous
udder teems ...
... receive : the cheerful town Beholds its joyous bands of flowering youth ; With
new - born songs the leafy groves resound ; The full - fed Alocks amid the
laughing meads Their weary bodies lay , while wide - distent The plenteous
udder teems ...
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 98
Wide - rent , the clouds Pour a whole flood ; and yet , its flame unquench'd , Th'
unconquerable lightning struggles through , Ragged and fierce , or in red
whirling balls , And fires the mountains with redoubled rage . Black from the
stroke ...
Wide - rent , the clouds Pour a whole flood ; and yet , its flame unquench'd , Th'
unconquerable lightning struggles through , Ragged and fierce , or in red
whirling balls , And fires the mountains with redoubled rage . Black from the
stroke ...
Page 196
Thro ' the hush'd air the whitening shower descends , At first thin wavering , till at
last the flakes Fall broad , and wide , and fast , dimming the day , With a continual
flow . The cherish'd fields Put on their winter - robe of purest white .
Thro ' the hush'd air the whitening shower descends , At first thin wavering , till at
last the flakes Fall broad , and wide , and fast , dimming the day , With a continual
flow . The cherish'd fields Put on their winter - robe of purest white .
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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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