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S P RIN G. TOME , gentle SPRING , ethereal Mildness , come , And from the
bosom of yon dropping cloud , While mufic wakes around veil'd in a shower Of
shadowing roses , on our plains descend . C 5 O HARTFORD , fitted or to shine
in ...
S P RIN G. TOME , gentle SPRING , ethereal Mildness , come , And from the
bosom of yon dropping cloud , While mufic wakes around veil'd in a shower Of
shadowing roses , on our plains descend . C 5 O HARTFORD , fitted or to shine
in ...
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... Or taste the smell of dairy ; or ascend Some eminence , AUGUSTA , in thy
plains , And see the country , far diffus'd around , One boundless blush , one
white - empurpled shower 110 Of mingled bloffoms ; where the raptur'd eye
Hurries from ...
... Or taste the smell of dairy ; or ascend Some eminence , AUGUSTA , in thy
plains , And see the country , far diffus'd around , One boundless blush , one
white - empurpled shower 110 Of mingled bloffoms ; where the raptur'd eye
Hurries from ...
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The rapid radiance instantaneous strikes Th'illumin'd mountain , thro the forest
streams , Shakes on the floods , and in a yellow mist , Far sınoaking o'er th'
interminable plain , 195 In twinkling myriads lights the dewy gems . Moist , bright ,
and ...
The rapid radiance instantaneous strikes Th'illumin'd mountain , thro the forest
streams , Shakes on the floods , and in a yellow mist , Far sınoaking o'er th'
interminable plain , 195 In twinkling myriads lights the dewy gems . Moist , bright ,
and ...
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For , with hot ravine fir'd , enfanguin'd man 340 Is now become the lion of the
plain , And worse . The wolf , who from the nightly fold Fierce drags the bleating
prey , ne'er drunk her milk , Nor wore her warming fleece : nor has the steer , At ...
For , with hot ravine fir'd , enfanguin'd man 340 Is now become the lion of the
plain , And worse . The wolf , who from the nightly fold Fierce drags the bleating
prey , ne'er drunk her milk , Nor wore her warming fleece : nor has the steer , At ...
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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
...
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| 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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