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Page xlvii
... they grow , and pregnant bend Beneath their fertile load : hence kindly food
The living tribes receive : the cheerful town Beholds its joyous bands of flowering
youth ; With new - born songs the leafy groves resound ; The full - fed Alocks
amid ...
... they grow , and pregnant bend Beneath their fertile load : hence kindly food
The living tribes receive : the cheerful town Beholds its joyous bands of flowering
youth ; With new - born songs the leafy groves resound ; The full - fed Alocks
amid ...
Page 105
But , desperate youth , How durft thou risk the foul - distracting view ; As from her
naked limbs , of glowing white , Harmonious swell'd by Nature's finest hand , In
folds loose - floating fell the fainter lawn ; And fair - expos'd she stood , shrunk ...
But , desperate youth , How durft thou risk the foul - distracting view ; As from her
naked limbs , of glowing white , Harmonious swell'd by Nature's finest hand , In
folds loose - floating fell the fainter lawn ; And fair - expos'd she stood , shrunk ...
Page 179
Age too shines out ; and , garrulous , recounts The feats of youth . Thus they
rejoice ; nor think That , with to - morrow's sun , their annual toil Begins again the
never - ceasing round . Oh knew he but his happiness , of Men The happiest he ...
Age too shines out ; and , garrulous , recounts The feats of youth . Thus they
rejoice ; nor think That , with to - morrow's sun , their annual toil Begins again the
never - ceasing round . Oh knew he but his happiness , of Men The happiest he ...
Page 180
Here too dwells fimple truth ; plain innocence ; Unsullied beauty ; sound
unbroken youth , Patient of labour , with a little pleas'd ; Health ever blooming ;
unambitious toil ; Calm contemplation , and poetic ease . Let others brave the
flood in queft ...
Here too dwells fimple truth ; plain innocence ; Unsullied beauty ; sound
unbroken youth , Patient of labour , with a little pleas'd ; Health ever blooming ;
unambitious toil ; Calm contemplation , and poetic ease . Let others brave the
flood in queft ...
Page 218
... a thousand different ways , In circling poife , swift as the winds , along , The
then gay land is maddened all to joy . Nor less the northern courts , wide o'er the
snow , Pour a new pomp . Eager , on rapid Neds , Their vigorous youth in bold ...
... a thousand different ways , In circling poife , swift as the winds , along , The
then gay land is maddened all to joy . Nor less the northern courts , wide o'er the
snow , Pour a new pomp . Eager , on rapid Neds , Their vigorous youth in bold ...
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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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