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If , bruih'd from Russian wilds , a cutting gale Rise not , and scatter from his humid
wings 115 The clammy mildew ; ; or , dry - blowing , bieathe Untimely frost ;
before whole baleful blast The full - blown spring thro ' all her foliage shrinks ...
If , bruih'd from Russian wilds , a cutting gale Rise not , and scatter from his humid
wings 115 The clammy mildew ; ; or , dry - blowing , bieathe Untimely frost ;
before whole baleful blast The full - blown spring thro ' all her foliage shrinks ...
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High Heaven forbids the bold presumptuous strain , Whose wifest will has fix'd us
in a state 375 That must not yet to pure perfection rise . Besides , who knows ,
how rais'd to higher life , From Itage to stage , the vital scale afcends ? Now ,
when ...
High Heaven forbids the bold presumptuous strain , Whose wifest will has fix'd us
in a state 375 That must not yet to pure perfection rise . Besides , who knows ,
how rais'd to higher life , From Itage to stage , the vital scale afcends ? Now ,
when ...
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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 ...
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From these abstracted'oft , You wander thro ' the philosophic world ; 880 Where
in bright train continual wonders rise , 920 Or to the curious or the pious eye . And
oft , conducted by historic truth , You tread the long extent of backward time ...
From these abstracted'oft , You wander thro ' the philosophic world ; 880 Where
in bright train continual wonders rise , 920 Or to the curious or the pious eye . And
oft , conducted by historic truth , You tread the long extent of backward time ...
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... in whose kind haunt sail : The Hospitable Genius lingers Itill , To where the
broken landscape , by degrees , 955 Ascending , mughens into rigid hulls ; O'er
which the Cambrian mountains , like far clouds That skirt the blue horizon , dulky
rise ...
... in whose kind haunt sail : The Hospitable Genius lingers Itill , To where the
broken landscape , by degrees , 955 Ascending , mughens into rigid hulls ; O'er
which the Cambrian mountains , like far clouds That skirt the blue horizon , dulky
rise ...
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ages amid bank beam beauty beneath bloom breath breeze bright calm circling clouds comes dark death deep delight deſcends dreadful earth ether fair fall fancy fate fear feels fields fierce fire firſt fits flood force foul gale gentle gives gloom grace grove hand happy head heard heart heaven Hence hills human kind land light lively look luxury mind mingled morn mountains Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er once peace plain pride pure race rage riſe river rocks roll round rural ſcene ſky ſmiling ſoft ſong ſoul ſpreads Spring ſtorm ſtream ſuch ſun ſwelling thee theſe thine thoſe thou thought thouſand thro thunder till toil train turn vale various virtue voice walk wandering warm waſte wave whole whoſe wide wild winds wing Winter woods youth
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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