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But why so far excursive ? when at hand , Along these blushing borders , bright
with dew , 525 And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair - handed spring
unbosoms every grace : Throws out the snow - drop , and the crocus first ; The
daily ...
But why so far excursive ? when at hand , Along these blushing borders , bright
with dew , 525 And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair - handed spring
unbosoms every grace : Throws out the snow - drop , and the crocus first ; The
daily ...
Page 130
195 Her forin was fresher than the morning rose , When the dew wets its leaves ;
unstain'd , and pure , As is the lily , or the mountain snow . The modeft virtues
mingled in her eyes , Still on the ground dejected , darting all Their humid beams
...
195 Her forin was fresher than the morning rose , When the dew wets its leaves ;
unstain'd , and pure , As is the lily , or the mountain snow . The modeft virtues
mingled in her eyes , Still on the ground dejected , darting all Their humid beams
...
Page 157
How , by the finest art , the native robe To weave ; how , white as hyperborean
snow , 835 : To form the lucid lawn ; with venturous oar , How to dash wide the
billow ; nor look on , Shamefully paflive , while Batavian fleets Defraud us of the ...
How , by the finest art , the native robe To weave ; how , white as hyperborean
snow , 835 : To form the lucid lawn ; with venturous oar , How to dash wide the
billow ; nor look on , Shamefully paflive , while Batavian fleets Defraud us of the ...
Page 176
Snow . The driving of the fnoris : A Man perishing among them ; whence
reflections on the wants and miseries of human life . The wolves descending from
the Alps and Apennines . A winterevening defcribed : as spent by philofopbers ;
by the ...
Snow . The driving of the fnoris : A Man perishing among them ; whence
reflections on the wants and miseries of human life . The wolves descending from
the Alps and Apennines . A winterevening defcribed : as spent by philofopbers ;
by the ...
Page 185
The keonor tempefts come : and fuming dun From all the livid eaft , or piercing
north , 225 Thick clouds ascend ; in whose capacious womb A vapoury deluge
lies , to snow congeald . Heavy they roll their fleecy world along ; And the sky ...
The keonor tempefts come : and fuming dun From all the livid eaft , or piercing
north , 225 Thick clouds ascend ; in whose capacious womb A vapoury deluge
lies , to snow congeald . Heavy they roll their fleecy world along ; And the sky ...
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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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