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United light and shade ! where the sight dwells With growing strength , and ever -
new delight . 85 From the moist meadow to the withered hill , Led by the breze ,
the vivid verdure runs , And swells , and deepens , to the cherish'd eye .
United light and shade ! where the sight dwells With growing strength , and ever -
new delight . 85 From the moist meadow to the withered hill , Led by the breze ,
the vivid verdure runs , And swells , and deepens , to the cherish'd eye .
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But who can hold the shade , while Heaven descends 180 In universal bounty ,
shedding herbs , And fruits , and flowers , on Nature's ample lap ? Swift fancy fir'd
anticipates their growth ; And , while the milky nutriment distils , Beholds the ...
But who can hold the shade , while Heaven descends 180 In universal bounty ,
shedding herbs , And fruits , and flowers , on Nature's ample lap ? Swift fancy fir'd
anticipates their growth ; And , while the milky nutriment distils , Beholds the ...
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Still night succeeds , A softened shade , and saturated earth Awaits the morning -
beam , to give to light , Rais'd thro ten thousand different plastic tubes , The balmy
treasures of the former day . 220 I Then spring the living herbs , profusely wild ...
Still night succeeds , A softened shade , and saturated earth Awaits the morning -
beam , to give to light , Rais'd thro ten thousand different plastic tubes , The balmy
treasures of the former day . 220 I Then spring the living herbs , profusely wild ...
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At last , while haply o'er the shaded fun Paffes a cloud , he desperate takes the
death , With fullen plunge . At once he darts along , Deep - ftruck , and runs out all
the lengthenodline ; 430 Then seeks the fartheit ooze , the sheltering weed , The
...
At last , while haply o'er the shaded fun Paffes a cloud , he desperate takes the
death , With fullen plunge . At once he darts along , Deep - ftruck , and runs out all
the lengthenodline ; 430 Then seeks the fartheit ooze , the sheltering weed , The
...
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... Where scatter'd wild the lily of the vale 445 Its balny effence breathes , where
cow flips lang The dewy head , where purple violets lurk , With all the lowly
children of the shade : Or lie reclin'd beneath yon spreading ath , Hung o'er the
steep ...
... Where scatter'd wild the lily of the vale 445 Its balny effence breathes , where
cow flips lang The dewy head , where purple violets lurk , With all the lowly
children of the shade : Or lie reclin'd beneath yon spreading ath , Hung o'er the
steep ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Seasons Volume 1 of The works of James Thomson in four volumes complete |
| Author | James Thomson |
| Publisher | A. Millar, 1752 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 8 Jun 2017 |
| Length | 222 pages |
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