The Seasons1779 - 144 pages |
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Page 8
... falls : 130 Or fcatters o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' invenom'd leaf begins to curl , With fprinkled water drowns them in their neft ; Nor , while they pick them up with bufy ...
... falls : 130 Or fcatters o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' invenom'd leaf begins to curl , With fprinkled water drowns them in their neft ; Nor , while they pick them up with bufy ...
Page 9
... falling verdure . Huth'd in short fufpence , The plumy people streak their wings with oil , 165 To throw the lucid moisture trickling off ; And wait th ' approaching fign to ftrike , at once , Into the general choir . Even mountains ...
... falling verdure . Huth'd in short fufpence , The plumy people streak their wings with oil , 165 To throw the lucid moisture trickling off ; And wait th ' approaching fign to ftrike , at once , Into the general choir . Even mountains ...
Page 10
... falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive arch before him fly , Then vanith quite away . Still night fucceeds , A foften'd shade , and faturated earth Awaits the morning beam , to give to light , 210 215 Rais'd toro ten thousand ...
... falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive arch before him fly , Then vanith quite away . Still night fucceeds , A foften'd shade , and faturated earth Awaits the morning beam , to give to light , 210 215 Rais'd toro ten thousand ...
Page 17
... Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted fweeps : Now meets the bend ng fky : the river now Dimpling along , the breezy - ruffed lake The forest darkening round , the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the distant main ...
... Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted fweeps : Now meets the bend ng fky : the river now Dimpling along , the breezy - ruffed lake The forest darkening round , the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the distant main ...
Page 22
... falls ; Her pinions ruffle , and low - drooping scarce Can bear the mourner to the poplar fhade ; Where , all abandon'd to despair , the fings Her forrows thro ' the night ; and , on the bough , Sole - fitting , ftill at every dying fall ...
... falls ; Her pinions ruffle , and low - drooping scarce Can bear the mourner to the poplar fhade ; Where , all abandon'd to despair , the fings Her forrows thro ' the night ; and , on the bough , Sole - fitting , ftill at every dying fall ...
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