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Page 9
Gradual , finks the breeze , 155 Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath " Is heard to
quiver thro ' the closing woods , Or ruftling turn the many - twinkling leaves Of
aspin tall . Th'uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , seem thro ' delusive
lapse ...
Gradual , finks the breeze , 155 Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath " Is heard to
quiver thro ' the closing woods , Or ruftling turn the many - twinkling leaves Of
aspin tall . Th'uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , seem thro ' delusive
lapse ...
Page 15
Pure was the temperate air ; an even calm Perpetual reign'd , save what the
zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanse : for then nor storms 325 Were
taught to blow , nor hurricanes to rage ; Sound slept the waters ; no fulphureous
glooms ...
Pure was the temperate air ; an even calm Perpetual reign'd , save what the
zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanse : for then nor storms 325 Were
taught to blow , nor hurricanes to rage ; Sound slept the waters ; no fulphureous
glooms ...
Page 60
The daw , The rook and magpie , to the grey - grown oaks ( That the calm village
in their verdant arms , Sheltering , embrace ) direct their lazy fight ; Where on the
mingling boughs they fit embower'd , All the hot noon , till cooler hours arise .
The daw , The rook and magpie , to the grey - grown oaks ( That the calm village
in their verdant arms , Sheltering , embrace ) direct their lazy fight ; Where on the
mingling boughs they fit embower'd , All the hot noon , till cooler hours arise .
Page 69
... forest - crown'd , Beneath the whole collected shade reclines : Or in the gelid
caverns , woodbine - wrought , And fresh bedew'd with ever - spouting streams ,
Sits coolly calm ; while all the world without , Unsatisfied , and fick , tosses in
noon ...
... forest - crown'd , Beneath the whole collected shade reclines : Or in the gelid
caverns , woodbine - wrought , And fresh bedew'd with ever - spouting streams ,
Sits coolly calm ; while all the world without , Unsatisfied , and fick , tosses in
noon ...
Page 72
Once some of us , like thee , thro ' stormy life , 545 “ Toild , tempest - beaten , ere
we could attain “ This holy calm , this harmony of mind , “ Where purity and peace
immingle charms . « Then fear not us ; but with responsive song , “ Amid these ...
Once some of us , like thee , thro ' stormy life , 545 “ Toild , tempest - beaten , ere
we could attain “ This holy calm , this harmony of mind , “ Where purity and peace
immingle charms . « Then fear not us ; but with responsive song , “ Amid these ...
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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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