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Page 10
200 21a Th'illu nind mountain , thro ' the foreft streams , Shakes on the floods ,
and in a yellow mift , Far smoaking o'er the interminable plain , 195 In twinkling
myri.ds lights the dewy gems . Moist , bright , and green , the landskip laughs ...
200 21a Th'illu nind mountain , thro ' the foreft streams , Shakes on the floods ,
and in a yellow mift , Far smoaking o'er the interminable plain , 195 In twinkling
myri.ds lights the dewy gems . Moist , bright , and green , the landskip laughs ...
Page 15
Strait as above the surface of the flood o They wanton rise , or urg'd by hunger
leap , 410 Then fix , with gentle twitch , the barhed hook : Some lightly toņirg to
the grassy bank , And to the shelving shore now - dragging some , With various ...
Strait as above the surface of the flood o They wanton rise , or urg'd by hunger
leap , 410 Then fix , with gentle twitch , the barhed hook : Some lightly toņirg to
the grassy bank , And to the shelving shore now - dragging some , With various ...
Page 39
... in the gazer's hand . Y The very dead creation , from thy touch , Aflumes a
mimic life . By thee refind , In brighter mazes , the relucent stream ang cah Plays
o'er the mead . The precipice abrupt , 169 Projecting horror on the blacken'd
flood ...
... in the gazer's hand . Y The very dead creation , from thy touch , Aflumes a
mimic life . By thee refind , In brighter mazes , the relucent stream ang cah Plays
o'er the mead . The precipice abrupt , 169 Projecting horror on the blacken'd
flood ...
Page 44
Repeated this , till deep the well wash'd Aeece Has drunk the flood , and from his
lively haunt The trout is banith'd by the sordid Atream ; Heavy , and dripping , to
the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where as they spread Their ...
Repeated this , till deep the well wash'd Aeece Has drunk the flood , and from his
lively haunt The trout is banith'd by the sordid Atream ; Heavy , and dripping , to
the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where as they spread Their ...
Page 47
ABO ' Oft in this season too the horse , provokid , While his big finews full of sprits
swell , Trembling with vigour , in the heat of blood , 505 Springs the high fence ;
and , o'er the field effus'd , Darts on the gloomy flood , with stedfaft eye , ait ...
ABO ' Oft in this season too the horse , provokid , While his big finews full of sprits
swell , Trembling with vigour , in the heat of blood , 505 Springs the high fence ;
and , o'er the field effus'd , Darts on the gloomy flood , with stedfaft eye , ait ...
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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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