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Still night succeeds , A softened shade , and saturated earth Awaits the morning -
beam , to give to light , Rais'd thro ten thousand different plastic tubes , The balmy
treasures of the former day . 220 I Then spring the living herbs , profusely wild ...
Still night succeeds , A softened shade , and saturated earth Awaits the morning -
beam , to give to light , Rais'd thro ten thousand different plastic tubes , The balmy
treasures of the former day . 220 I Then spring the living herbs , profusely wild ...
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... thought Elate , to make her night excel their day . 600 The black - bird whistles
from the thorny brake ; Vol . I. C The The mellow bullfinch answers from the grove
: Nor are S P R I N G. 25.
... thought Elate , to make her night excel their day . 600 The black - bird whistles
from the thorny brake ; Vol . I. C The The mellow bullfinch answers from the grove
: Nor are S P R I N G. 25.
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Her pinions ruffle , and low drooping scarce Can bear the mourner to the poplar
shade ; Where , all abandon'd to despair , she sings 720 Her forrows thro ' the
night ; and , on the bough , Sole - fitting , ftill at every dying fall Takes up again
her ...
Her pinions ruffle , and low drooping scarce Can bear the mourner to the poplar
shade ; Where , all abandon'd to despair , she sings 720 Her forrows thro ' the
night ; and , on the bough , Sole - fitting , ftill at every dying fall Takes up again
her ...
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All night he toffes , nor the balmy power 1045 In any posture finds ; till the grey
morn Lifts her pale luftre on the paler wretch , Exanimate by love : and then
perhaps Exhaufted Nature finks a while to reft , Still interrupted by distracted
dreams ...
All night he toffes , nor the balmy power 1045 In any posture finds ; till the grey
morn Lifts her pale luftre on the paler wretch , Exanimate by love : and then
perhaps Exhaufted Nature finks a while to reft , Still interrupted by distracted
dreams ...
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... credulous , his endless cares Begins to lose in blind oblivious love , Snatch'd
from her yielded hand , he knows not how , Thro ' forests huge , and long untravel
'd heaths 1060 With desolation brown , he wanders waste , In night and tempeft ...
... credulous , his endless cares Begins to lose in blind oblivious love , Snatch'd
from her yielded hand , he knows not how , Thro ' forests huge , and long untravel
'd heaths 1060 With desolation brown , he wanders waste , In night and tempeft ...
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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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