The SeasonsA. Millar, 1752 - 222 pages |
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... o'er the heath , And fing their wild notes to the listening waste . AT laft from Aries rolls the bounteous fun , And the bright Bull receives him . Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and ...
... o'er the heath , And fing their wild notes to the listening waste . AT laft from Aries rolls the bounteous fun , And the bright Bull receives him . Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and ...
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... O'er every land , the naked nations cloathe , And be th ' exhaustlefs granary of a world ! NOR only thro ' the lenient air this change , Delicious , breathes ; the penetrative fun , His force deep - darting to the dark retreat Of ...
... O'er every land , the naked nations cloathe , And be th ' exhaustlefs granary of a world ! NOR only thro ' the lenient air this change , Delicious , breathes ; the penetrative fun , His force deep - darting to the dark retreat Of ...
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... o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' envenom'd leaf begins to curl , With fprinkled water drowns them in their neft ; Nor , while they pick them up with bufy bill , The little trooping ...
... o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' envenom'd leaf begins to curl , With fprinkled water drowns them in their neft ; Nor , while they pick them up with bufy bill , The little trooping ...
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... o'er the freshened world . The stealing shower is fcarce to patter heard , By fuch as wander thro the foreft - walks , Beneath th ' umbrageous multitude of leaves . But who can hold the fhade , while Heaven defcends 180 In univerfal ...
... o'er the freshened world . The stealing shower is fcarce to patter heard , By fuch as wander thro the foreft - walks , Beneath th ' umbrageous multitude of leaves . But who can hold the fhade , while Heaven defcends 180 In univerfal ...
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... o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amusive arch before him fly , 215 Then vanish quite away . Still night fucceeds , A foftened shade , and saturated earth Awaits the morning - beam ...
... o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amusive arch before him fly , 215 Then vanish quite away . Still night fucceeds , A foftened shade , and saturated earth Awaits the morning - beam ...
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