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Nor ye who live In luxury and ease , in pomp and pride , Think these loit themes
unworthy of your ear : Sach themes as these the rural MARO sung 55 To wide -
imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and taste , by Greece refind .
Nor ye who live In luxury and ease , in pomp and pride , Think these loit themes
unworthy of your ear : Sach themes as these the rural MARO sung 55 To wide -
imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and taste , by Greece refind .
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... 115 The clammy mildew ; or , dry - blowing , breathe Untimely frost ; before
whose baseful blast The full - blown spring thro ' all her foliage shrinks , Joyless B
4 В 4 I 20 Joyless and dead , a wide - dejected S P RIN G. - 7.
... 115 The clammy mildew ; or , dry - blowing , breathe Untimely frost ; before
whose baseful blast The full - blown spring thro ' all her foliage shrinks , Joyless B
4 В 4 I 20 Joyless and dead , a wide - dejected S P RIN G. - 7.
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I 20 Joyless and dead , a wide - dejected waste . For oft , engender'd by the hazy
north , Myriads on myriads , insect - armies waft Keen in the poison'd breeze ;
and wasteful eat , Thro ' buds and bark , into the blackened core , Their eager
way ...
I 20 Joyless and dead , a wide - dejected waste . For oft , engender'd by the hazy
north , Myriads on myriads , insect - armies waft Keen in the poison'd breeze ;
and wasteful eat , Thro ' buds and bark , into the blackened core , Their eager
way ...
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1 I Warms the wide air , and o'er the void of heaven 145 Breathes the big clouds
with vernal showers distent . At first a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce
staining ether ; but by fast degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour fails
...
1 I Warms the wide air , and o'er the void of heaven 145 Breathes the big clouds
with vernal showers distent . At first a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce
staining ether ; but by fast degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour fails
...
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310 Hence , in old dusky time , a deluge came : When the deep - cleft disparting
orb , that archid The central waters round , impetuous rush'd , With universal burst
, into the gulph , And o'er the high - pild hills of fractur'd earth Wide - dash'd the ...
310 Hence , in old dusky time , a deluge came : When the deep - cleft disparting
orb , that archid The central waters round , impetuous rush'd , With universal burst
, into the gulph , And o'er the high - pild hills of fractur'd earth Wide - dash'd the ...
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ages amid bank beam beauty beneath bloom breath breeze bright calm circling clouds comes dark death deep delight deſcends earth ether fair fall fancy fate fear feels fields fierce fire firſt fits flame flood flow force foul friends gale gentle give gloom grace grove hand happy head heard heart heaven Hence hills human kind land laſt light lively look mind mingled mountains Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er once peace plain pride pure race rage riſe river rocks roll round rural ſcene ſhade ſhe ſhining ſky ſmile ſnow ſoft ſong ſoul ſpreads Spring ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſuch ſun ſwell thee theſe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro toil train turn vale various virtue voice walk wandering waſte wave whole whoſe wide wild winds wing Winter woods youth
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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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