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O Hartford , fitted or to shine in courts With unaffected grace , or walk the plain
With innocence and medication join'd In soft asemblage , liften to my fong , Whích
thy own season paints ; when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent , like thee .
O Hartford , fitted or to shine in courts With unaffected grace , or walk the plain
With innocence and medication join'd In soft asemblage , liften to my fong , Whích
thy own season paints ; when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent , like thee .
Page 8
To check this plague the skilful farmer , chaff , And blazing straw , before his
orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in smoke , the latent foe From every crafiny
suffocated falls : 130 Or seaticrs o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal
to the ...
To check this plague the skilful farmer , chaff , And blazing straw , before his
orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in smoke , the latent foe From every crafiny
suffocated falls : 130 Or seaticrs o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal
to the ...
Page 17
... 45 Oh come ! and while the rosy - footed May Steals blushing 911 , together let
us tread The morning - dews , and gather in their prime Fresh - bloom ng flowers ,
to grace thy braided hair , 149 And thy lov'd bolom that improves their sweets .
... 45 Oh come ! and while the rosy - footed May Steals blushing 911 , together let
us tread The morning - dews , and gather in their prime Fresh - bloom ng flowers ,
to grace thy braided hair , 149 And thy lov'd bolom that improves their sweets .
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No gradual bloom is wanting ; from the bud , First - born of Siring , to . Sammer's
musky tribes : Nor nyacinths of purest virgin white , Low - bent , and blushing in
ward ; nor jonquils , 545 Of potent fragrance ; nor Narcissus fair , As o'er the
fabled ...
No gradual bloom is wanting ; from the bud , First - born of Siring , to . Sammer's
musky tribes : Nor nyacinths of purest virgin white , Low - bent , and blushing in
ward ; nor jonquils , 545 Of potent fragrance ; nor Narcissus fair , As o'er the
fabled ...
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Fluth'd by the spirit of the genial year , Now from the virgin's cheek a fresher
bloom 960 Shoots , less and less , the live carnation round ; Her lips bluth deeper
sweets ; the breathes of youth The thining moisture lwells into her eyes , In
brighter ...
Fluth'd by the spirit of the genial year , Now from the virgin's cheek a fresher
bloom 960 Shoots , less and less , the live carnation round ; Her lips bluth deeper
sweets ; the breathes of youth The thining moisture lwells into her eyes , In
brighter ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Seasons |
| Author | James Thomson |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1779 |
| Original from | The British Library |
| Digitized | 2 Feb 2017 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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