The Seasons1779 - 144 pages |
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Page 6
... bright Ball receives him . Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and vivifying foul , Lifts the light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all - surrounding Heaven ...
... bright Ball receives him . Then no more Th ' expanfive atmosphere is cramp'd with cold ; But , full of life and vivifying foul , Lifts the light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all - surrounding Heaven ...
Page 10
... 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 , bleatings of the hills , The hollow lows refponfive from the ...
... 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 , bleatings of the hills , The hollow lows refponfive from the ...
Page 17
... , the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the distant main . But why fo far excurfive ? when at hand , Along these blushing borders , bright with dew , 525 And And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair handed SPRING . 17.
... , the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the distant main . But why fo far excurfive ? when at hand , Along these blushing borders , bright with dew , 525 And And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair handed SPRING . 17.
Page 22
... works in vain . ' Tis on fome evening , funny , grateful , mild , When nought but balm is breathing thro ' the woods , With yellow lustre bright , that the new tribes Vifit the fpacious heavens , and look abroad 755 On Vifit 22 SPRING .
... works in vain . ' Tis on fome evening , funny , grateful , mild , When nought but balm is breathing thro ' the woods , With yellow lustre bright , that the new tribes Vifit the fpacious heavens , and look abroad 755 On Vifit 22 SPRING .
Page 27
... bright train continual wonders rife , 920 Or to the curious or the pious eye . And oft , conducted by historic truth , 925 You tread the long extent of backward time : Planning , with warm benevolence of mind , And honeft zeal unwarp'd ...
... bright train continual wonders rife , 920 Or to the curious or the pious eye . And oft , conducted by historic truth , 925 You tread the long extent of backward time : Planning , with warm benevolence of mind , And honeft zeal unwarp'd ...
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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