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Page 12
The food of Man , While yet he liv'd in innocence , and told A length of golden
years ; unflesh'd in blood , A stranger to the favage arts of life , Death , rapine ,
carnage , surfeit , and disease ; 240 The lord , and not the tyrant of the world . The
first ...
The food of Man , While yet he liv'd in innocence , and told A length of golden
years ; unflesh'd in blood , A stranger to the favage arts of life , Death , rapine ,
carnage , surfeit , and disease ; 240 The lord , and not the tyrant of the world . The
first ...
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... mingle with the prowling herd , And dip his tongue in gore ? The beast of prey ,
Blood - staind deserves to bleed : but you , ye flocks , What have you done ; ye
peaceful people , what , To To merit death ? you , who have given us 16 SPRING
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... mingle with the prowling herd , And dip his tongue in gore ? The beast of prey ,
Blood - staind deserves to bleed : but you , ye flocks , What have you done ; ye
peaceful people , what , To To merit death ? you , who have given us 16 SPRING
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To merit death ? you , who have given us milk 360 In luscious streams , and lent
us your own coat Against the winter's cold ? and the plain ox , That harmless ,
honest , guilelefs animal , In what has he offended ? He , whose toil , Patient and
...
To merit death ? you , who have given us milk 360 In luscious streams , and lent
us your own coat Against the winter's cold ? and the plain ox , That harmless ,
honest , guilelefs animal , In what has he offended ? He , whose toil , Patient and
...
Page 19
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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Page 40
... Th'inticing smile ; the modest - seeming eye , Beneath whose beauteous
beams , belying heaven , Lurk fearchless cunning , cruelty , and death : And fill ,
false - warbling in his cheated ear , Her fyren voice , enchanting , draws him on
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... Th'inticing smile ; the modest - seeming eye , Beneath whose beauteous
beams , belying heaven , Lurk fearchless cunning , cruelty , and death : And fill ,
false - warbling in his cheated ear , Her fyren voice , enchanting , draws him on
990 To ...
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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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