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75 If yet too young , and easily deceiv'd , 415 A worthless prey fcarce bends your
pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoyed the vital
light of Heaven , Soft disengage , and back into the stream . The speckled ...
75 If yet too young , and easily deceiv'd , 415 A worthless prey fcarce bends your
pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoyed the vital
light of Heaven , Soft disengage , and back into the stream . The speckled ...
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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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725 But now the feather youth their former bounds , Ardent , disdain ; and ,
weighing off cheir wings , Demand the poffefsion of the sky : This one glad office
more , and then disolves Parental love at once , now needless grown . 730
Unlavith ...
725 But now the feather youth their former bounds , Ardent , disdain ; and ,
weighing off cheir wings , Demand the poffefsion of the sky : This one glad office
more , and then disolves Parental love at once , now needless grown . 730
Unlavith ...
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Fluth'd by the spirit of the genial year , Now from the virgin's cheek a fresher
bloom 960 Shoots , less and less , the live carnation round ; Her lips bluth deeper
sweets ; the breathes of youth The thining moisture lwells into her eyes , In
brighter ...
Fluth'd by the spirit of the genial year , Now from the virgin's cheek a fresher
bloom 960 Shoots , less and less , the live carnation round ; Her lips bluth deeper
sweets ; the breathes of youth The thining moisture lwells into her eyes , In
brighter ...
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Thus the warm youth , Whom love deludes into his thorny wilds , Thro ' flowery -
cémpting paths , or leads a life 1109 Of fever'd rapture , or of cruel care ; sob His
brightest aims extinguish'd all , and all His lively moments running down to watte
...
Thus the warm youth , Whom love deludes into his thorny wilds , Thro ' flowery -
cémpting paths , or leads a life 1109 Of fever'd rapture , or of cruel care ; sob His
brightest aims extinguish'd all , and all His lively moments running down to watte
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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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