The Seasons1779 - 144 pages |
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... spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all - surrounding Heaven . 31 Forth fy the tepid airs : and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving foftnefs ftrays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature , and his ...
... spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all - surrounding Heaven . 31 Forth fy the tepid airs : and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving foftnefs ftrays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature , and his ...
Page 43
... spreads An inch around , with blind prefumption bold , Should dare to tax the structure of the whole . 325 And lives the man , whofe univerfal eye Has ( wept at once th ' unbounded scheme of things ; Mark'd their dependance fo , and ...
... spreads An inch around , with blind prefumption bold , Should dare to tax the structure of the whole . 325 And lives the man , whofe univerfal eye Has ( wept at once th ' unbounded scheme of things ; Mark'd their dependance fo , and ...
Page 52
... Spread thy ambrofial stores , and feast with Jove ! From thefe the profpect varies . Plains immenfe Lie ftretched below , interminable meads , And vaft favannahs , where the wandering eye , Unfix'd , is in a verdant ocean lott . Another ...
... Spread thy ambrofial stores , and feast with Jove ! From thefe the profpect varies . Plains immenfe Lie ftretched below , interminable meads , And vaft favannahs , where the wandering eye , Unfix'd , is in a verdant ocean lott . Another ...
Page 70
... of Cultivation lies , And joys to fee the wonders of his toil . 1425 · * The old name of Richmond , fignifies in Saxon , Shining , or Splendor . + Highgate and Hampflead : 5 Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around , 70 SUMMER .
... of Cultivation lies , And joys to fee the wonders of his toil . 1425 · * The old name of Richmond , fignifies in Saxon , Shining , or Splendor . + Highgate and Hampflead : 5 Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around , 70 SUMMER .
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James Thomson. 5 Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around , Of hills , and dales , and woods , and lawns and fpires , And glitter.ng towns , and gilded freams , ' t ll all 1430 The ftretching landskip into fmoke decays ! Happy ...
James Thomson. 5 Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around , Of hills , and dales , and woods , and lawns and fpires , And glitter.ng towns , and gilded freams , ' t ll all 1430 The ftretching landskip into fmoke decays ! Happy ...
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