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Page 8
To check this plague the skilful farmer chaff , And blazing straw , before his
orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in smoke , the latent foe From every cranny
suffocated falls : Or scatters o'er the blooms the pungent dust Of pepper , fatal to
the frosty ...
To check this plague the skilful farmer chaff , And blazing straw , before his
orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in smoke , the latent foe From every cranny
suffocated falls : Or scatters o'er the blooms the pungent dust Of pepper , fatal to
the frosty ...
Page 9
Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig , and mute - imploring eye The falling verdure
. Hush'd in short suspence , The plumy people streak their wings with oil , To
throw the lucid moisture trickling off ; And wait th ' approaching sign to strike , at ...
Herds and flocks Drop the dry sprig , and mute - imploring eye The falling verdure
. Hush'd in short suspence , The plumy people streak their wings with oil , To
throw the lucid moisture trickling off ; And wait th ' approaching sign to strike , at ...
Page 11
Not fo the swain ; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend , Delightful ,
o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd 215
Beholds th ' amusive arch before him fly , Then vanish quite away . Still night
succeeds ...
Not fo the swain ; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend , Delightful ,
o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd 215
Beholds th ' amusive arch before him fly , Then vanish quite away . Still night
succeeds ...
Page 22
... close , where scarce a speck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted
sweeps ; Now meets the bending kky : the river now 520 Dimpling 530 Dimpling
along , the breezy - ruffled lake , 22 SPRING .
... close , where scarce a speck of day Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted
sweeps ; Now meets the bending kky : the river now 520 Dimpling 530 Dimpling
along , the breezy - ruffled lake , 22 SPRING .
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... mother finds a vacant nest , 715 By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns Robb'
d , to the ground the vain provision falls ; ... and , on the bough , Sole - fitting , ftill
at every dying fall Takes up again her lamentable strain Of winding woe ; till wide
...
... mother finds a vacant nest , 715 By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns Robb'
d , to the ground the vain provision falls ; ... and , on the bough , Sole - fitting , ftill
at every dying fall Takes up again her lamentable strain Of winding woe ; till wide
...
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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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