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Nor ye who live In lixury and ease , in pomp and pride , Think these lost themes
unworthy of your ear : Such themes as there the rural Maro sung 55 To wide -
imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and taste . by Greece refin'd .
Nor ye who live In lixury and ease , in pomp and pride , Think these lost themes
unworthy of your ear : Such themes as there the rural Maro sung 55 To wide -
imperial Rome , in the full height Of elegance and taste . by Greece refin'd .
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Come then , ye virgins and ye youths , whose hearts Have felt the raptures of
refining love ; 480 And thou , Amanda , come , pride of my song ! Form'd by the
graces , loveliness itself ; Come with those downcast cyes , sedate and sweet ,
Those ...
Come then , ye virgins and ye youths , whose hearts Have felt the raptures of
refining love ; 480 And thou , Amanda , come , pride of my song ! Form'd by the
graces , loveliness itself ; Come with those downcast cyes , sedate and sweet ,
Those ...
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Then comes the tulip - race , where beauty plays Her idle freaks ; from family
diffus'd To family , as flies the father - duff , The varied colours run ; and , while
they break 540 On the charm'd eye , th ' exulting florist marks , With secret pride ,
the ...
Then comes the tulip - race , where beauty plays Her idle freaks ; from family
diffus'd To family , as flies the father - duff , The varied colours run ; and , while
they break 540 On the charm'd eye , th ' exulting florist marks , With secret pride ,
the ...
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... ten thousand frantic views Of horrid riyals , hanging on the charms 10ga For
which he melts in fondness , eat him up logo With fervent anguish , and
consuming rage . In vain reproaches lend their idle aid , Deceitful pride , and
resolution frail ...
... ten thousand frantic views Of horrid riyals , hanging on the charms 10ga For
which he melts in fondness , eat him up logo With fervent anguish , and
consuming rage . In vain reproaches lend their idle aid , Deceitful pride , and
resolution frail ...
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Summer Meteors . A Comet . The wbole concluding with the Praise of Philofophy
. F ROM bright'ning fields of ether fair disclos'd , Child of the sun , refulgent
Summer comes , In pride of youth , and felt thio ' Nature's depth : He comes
attended ...
Summer Meteors . A Comet . The wbole concluding with the Praise of Philofophy
. F ROM bright'ning fields of ether fair disclos'd , Child of the sun , refulgent
Summer comes , In pride of youth , and felt thio ' Nature's depth : He comes
attended ...
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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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