The Seasons1779 - 144 pages |
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Page 5
... gentle Spring , ethereal Mildness , come , And from the bofom of yon dropping cloud , While mufic wakes around , veil'd in a fhower Of shadowing rofes , on our plains defcend . O Hartford , fitted or to fhine in courts With unaffected ...
... gentle Spring , ethereal Mildness , come , And from the bofom of yon dropping cloud , While mufic wakes around , veil'd in a fhower Of shadowing rofes , on our plains defcend . O Hartford , fitted or to fhine in courts With unaffected ...
Page 9
... gentle , kind , And full of every hope and every joy , The wish of nature . Gradual , finks the breeze ,, Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath Is heard to quiver thro ' the clofing woods , Or ruftling turn the many twinkling leaves ...
... gentle , kind , And full of every hope and every joy , The wish of nature . Gradual , finks the breeze ,, Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath Is heard to quiver thro ' the clofing woods , Or ruftling turn the many twinkling leaves ...
Page 11
... gently fum'd away ; And up they rofe as vigorous as the fun , Or to the culture of the willing glebe , Or to the chearful tendence of the flock . 245 Meantime the fong went round ; and dance and fport , Wildom and friendly talk ...
... gently fum'd away ; And up they rofe as vigorous as the fun , Or to the culture of the willing glebe , Or to the chearful tendence of the flock . 245 Meantime the fong went round ; and dance and fport , Wildom and friendly talk ...
Page 15
... gentle twitch , the barbed hook : Some lightly toffing to the graffy bank , And to the fhelving fhore flow - dragging fome , With various hand proportion'd to their force . If yet too young , and eafily deceiv'd , A worthless prey ...
... gentle twitch , the barbed hook : Some lightly toffing to the graffy bank , And to the fhelving fhore flow - dragging fome , With various hand proportion'd to their force . If yet too young , and eafily deceiv'd , A worthless prey ...
Page 21
... gentle pair , By fortune funk , but form'd of generous mold , And charm'd with cares beyond the vulgar breaft , Ia fome lone cot amid the diftant woods , Suftain'd alone by providential Heaven , Oft , as they weeping eye their infant ...
... gentle pair , By fortune funk , but form'd of generous mold , And charm'd with cares beyond the vulgar breaft , Ia fome lone cot amid the diftant woods , Suftain'd alone by providential Heaven , Oft , as they weeping eye their infant ...
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afcending amid beam beauty beneath blaft blifs bloom bofom breaft breath breeze chearful clouds courfe croud deep defcends earth ether exalts facred fafe fair fair brow fcarce fcene feas fecret feeks feem fenfe fhade fhine filent filk fimple fing firanger firft fkies flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow foaring focial foft fome fong fons foreft foul fpirit fpread froft ftand ftill ftorm ftream fuch fudden funk fwain fweep fweet fwelling gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills immenfe Inceffant laft lefs loft luftre mingled mix'd mountains Mufe mufic Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace plain pleafing rage rais'd refounding rife rocks round rous'd rural ſcene ſky Spring tempeft thee thefe theſe thine Thio thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil vaft vale virtue wafte wave whofe whoſe wide wild winds wing wintry woods