The SeasonsA. Millar, 1752 - 222 pages |
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... scene . 50 BE gracious , HEAVEN ! for now laborious man Has done his part . Ye fostering breezes blow ! Ye foftering dews , ye tender fhowers , defcend ! And temper all , thou world reviving fun , Into the perfect year ! Nor ye who live ...
... scene . 50 BE gracious , HEAVEN ! for now laborious man Has done his part . Ye fostering breezes blow ! Ye foftering dews , ye tender fhowers , defcend ! And temper all , thou world reviving fun , Into the perfect year ! Nor ye who live ...
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... scene of things . As rifing from the vegetable world ' My theme afcends , with equal wing afcend , My panting mufe ; and hark , how loud the woods 565 570 Invite you forth in all your gayeft trim . Lend me your fong , ye nightingales ...
... scene of things . As rifing from the vegetable world ' My theme afcends , with equal wing afcend , My panting mufe ; and hark , how loud the woods 565 570 Invite you forth in all your gayeft trim . Lend me your fong , ye nightingales ...
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... imagination rife , And in black colours paint the mimick scene . Oft with th ' enchantress of his foul he talks ; Sometimes in crouds diftrefs'd ; or if retir'd Το To fecret - winding flower - enwoven bowers , Far 42 SPRING .
... imagination rife , And in black colours paint the mimick scene . Oft with th ' enchantress of his foul he talks ; Sometimes in crouds diftrefs'd ; or if retir'd Το To fecret - winding flower - enwoven bowers , Far 42 SPRING .
Page 67
... scene ! yet hence BRITANNIA fees 420 Her folid grandeur rife : hence she commands Th ' exalted stores of every brighter clime , The treasures of the Sun without his rage : Hence , fervent all , with culture , toil , and arts , Wide ...
... scene ! yet hence BRITANNIA fees 420 Her folid grandeur rife : hence she commands Th ' exalted stores of every brighter clime , The treasures of the Sun without his rage : Hence , fervent all , with culture , toil , and arts , Wide ...
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... scenes where ancient bards th ' inspiring breath , Extatic , felt ; and , from this world retir'd , 521 Convers'd with angels , and immortal forms , On gracious errands bent : to save the fall Of virtue struggling on the brink of vice ...
... scenes where ancient bards th ' inspiring breath , Extatic , felt ; and , from this world retir'd , 521 Convers'd with angels , and immortal forms , On gracious errands bent : to save the fall Of virtue struggling on the brink of vice ...
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amid beam beauty beneath blaſt blifs bloom bofom boundleſs breaft breath breeze chearful clouds croud deep defcends earth ether exalts facred fafe fair brow fcene feas fecret fenfe fhades fhines fhore fierce fighs filent fimple fing firſt fkies flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow foaring focial foft fome fong fons foreft foul ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwain fweep fwelling fwift gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills immenfe laft loft luftre mingled mix'd mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace pleafing pleaſure profpect rage raiſe rife riſe rocks round rous'd ſcarce ſcene ſhade ſhakes ſhe ſky ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtands ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtrong tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures vaft vale virtue wafte waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing wintry woods Worfe