The Seasons1779 - 144 pages |
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... plains defcend . O Hartford , fitted or to fhine in courts With unaffected grace , or walk the plain With innocence and meditation join'd In foft aflemblage , liften to my fong , Which thy own feafon paints ; when Nature all Is blooming ...
... plains defcend . O Hartford , fitted or to fhine in courts With unaffected grace , or walk the plain With innocence and meditation join'd In foft aflemblage , liften to my fong , Which thy own feafon paints ; when Nature all Is blooming ...
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... bent bufh , as thro ' the verdant maze Of fweet - briar hedges I purfue my walk ; Or tafte the smell of dairy ; or afcend Some eminence , Augufta , in thy plains , And And fee the country , far diffus'd around . One SPRING .
... bent bufh , as thro ' the verdant maze Of fweet - briar hedges I purfue my walk ; Or tafte the smell of dairy ; or afcend Some eminence , Augufta , in thy plains , And And fee the country , far diffus'd around . One SPRING .
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... plain , In twinkling myriads lights the dewy gems . Moift , bright , and green , the landskip laughs around . Full fwell the woods ; their every mufic wakes , Mix'd in wild concert with the warbling brooks Increas'd , the d.ftant ...
... plain , In twinkling myriads lights the dewy gems . Moift , bright , and green , the landskip laughs around . Full fwell the woods ; their every mufic wakes , Mix'd in wild concert with the warbling brooks Increas'd , the d.ftant ...
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... plain , 335 340 And worse . The wolf , who from the nightly fold Fierce - drags the blearing prey , ne'er drunk her milk , Nor wore her warming fleece : nor has the fteer , At whofe ftrong cheft the deadly tyger hangs , E'er plow'd for ...
... plain , 335 340 And worse . The wolf , who from the nightly fold Fierce - drags the blearing prey , ne'er drunk her milk , Nor wore her warming fleece : nor has the fteer , At whofe ftrong cheft the deadly tyger hangs , E'er plow'd for ...
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... plain ox , That harmless , honest , guileless animal , In what has he offended ? He , whose toil , Patient and ever ready , clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest : shall he bleed , And ftruggling groan beneath the cruel hands ...
... plain ox , That harmless , honest , guileless animal , In what has he offended ? He , whose toil , Patient and ever ready , clothes the land With all the pomp of harvest : shall he bleed , And ftruggling groan beneath the cruel hands ...
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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