The ARGUMENT. The fubject propofed. Addrefs to the earl of WILMINGTON. First approach of Winter. According to the natural course of the feafon, various forms defcribed. Rain. Wind. Snow. The driving of the fnows: A Man perifbing among them; whence reflections on the wants and miseries of human life. The wolves defcending from the Alps and Apennines. A winterevening described: as spent by philofopbers; by the country people; in the city. Froft. A view of Winter within the polar Circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future fiate. WINT E R. EE, WINTER comes, to rule the varied year, Pleas'd have I wander'd thro' your rough domain; 10 To thee, the patron of this first essay, 15 25 Skim'd the gay Spring; on eagle-pinions borne, zo Thefe, each exalting each, the statesman light Now when the chearless empire of the sky 30 35 45 |