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Page 13
Such were those prime of days . But now thosewhite unblemish'd minutes ,
whence The fabling poets took their golden age , Are found no more amid these
iron times , These dregs of life ! Now the distemper'd mind 275 Has lost that
concord of ...
Such were those prime of days . But now thosewhite unblemish'd minutes ,
whence The fabling poets took their golden age , Are found no more amid these
iron times , These dregs of life ! Now the distemper'd mind 275 Has lost that
concord of ...
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Thus the feeling heart 370 Would tenderly suggest : but ' tis enough , In this late
age , adventurous , to have touch'd Light on the numbers of the Samian fage .
High H E AVEN forbids the bold presumptuous strain , Whose wiseft will has fix'd
us ...
Thus the feeling heart 370 Would tenderly suggest : but ' tis enough , In this late
age , adventurous , to have touch'd Light on the numbers of the Samian fage .
High H E AVEN forbids the bold presumptuous strain , Whose wiseft will has fix'd
us ...
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... He drives them from his fort , the towering seat , t * The fartheft of the welfern
islands of Scotland . For ages , of his empire ; which , in C4 For S PRI N G. JI With
yellow lustre bright, that the new tribes ...
... He drives them from his fort , the towering seat , t * The fartheft of the welfern
islands of Scotland . For ages , of his empire ; which , in C4 For S PRI N G. JI With
yellow lustre bright, that the new tribes ...
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For ages , of his empire ; which , in peace , Unstain'd he holds , while many a
league to fea He wings his course , and preys in diftant ifles , 760 SHOULD I my
steps turn to the rural seat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook
...
For ages , of his empire ; which , in peace , Unstain'd he holds , while many a
league to fea He wings his course , and preys in diftant ifles , 760 SHOULD I my
steps turn to the rural seat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook
...
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Even stooping age is here ; and infant - hands 355 Trail the long rake , or , with
the fragrant load O'ercharg'd , amid the kind oppression roll . Wide fies the tedded
grain ; all in a row Advancing broad , or wheeling round the field , They spread ...
Even stooping age is here ; and infant - hands 355 Trail the long rake , or , with
the fragrant load O'ercharg'd , amid the kind oppression roll . Wide fies the tedded
grain ; all in a row Advancing broad , or wheeling round the field , They spread ...
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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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