The Seasons |
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Page xlvii
... 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 with milky juice ; And o'er THOMSON'S SEASON S.
... 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 with milky juice ; And o'er THOMSON'S SEASON S.
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Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and
vivifying foul , Lifts the light clouds sublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and
white , o'er all furrounding heaven . Forth fy the tepid airs ; and unconfin'd ...
Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and
vivifying foul , Lifts the light clouds sublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and
white , o'er all furrounding heaven . Forth fy the tepid airs ; and unconfin'd ...
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... Have held the scale of empire , ruld the storm Of mighty war ; then , with
unweary'd hand , Disdaining little delicacies , seiz'd The plough , and greatly
independent liv'd . Ye generous BRITONS , venerate the plough ; And o'er your
hills , and ...
... Have held the scale of empire , ruld the storm Of mighty war ; then , with
unweary'd hand , Disdaining little delicacies , seiz'd The plough , and greatly
independent liv'd . Ye generous BRITONS , venerate the plough ; And o'er your
hills , and ...
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... and from a thousand shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports ; So with
superior boon may your rich foil , Exuberant , Nature's better blessings pour O'er
ev'ry land , the naked nations clothe , And be th ' exhaustless granary of a world !
... and from a thousand shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports ; So with
superior boon may your rich foil , Exuberant , Nature's better blessings pour O'er
ev'ry land , the naked nations clothe , And be th ' exhaustless granary of a world !
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Now from the town Buried in smoke , and sleep , and noisome damps , Oft let me
wander o'er the dewy fields , Where freshness breathes , and dash the trembling
drops From the bent bush , as thro ' the verdant maze Of sweet - briar bedges I ...
Now from the town Buried in smoke , and sleep , and noisome damps , Oft let me
wander o'er the dewy fields , Where freshness breathes , and dash the trembling
drops From the bent bush , as thro ' the verdant maze Of sweet - briar bedges I ...
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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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