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... is the farthest removed from whatever has even the appearance of indecency ; and , as my Lord Lyttleton happily expresses it in his prologue to Coriolanus : " His chaste muse employed her heaven - taught lyre 24 LIFE OF THOMSON .
... is the farthest removed from whatever has even the appearance of indecency ; and , as my Lord Lyttleton happily expresses it in his prologue to Coriolanus : " His chaste muse employed her heaven - taught lyre 24 LIFE OF THOMSON .
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James Thomson. " His chaste muse employed her heaven - taught lyre " None but the noblest passions to inspire ; " Not one immoral , one corrupted thought , " One line which dying he could wish to blot . " C ODE ON THE DEATH OF MR ...
James Thomson. " His chaste muse employed her heaven - taught lyre " None but the noblest passions to inspire ; " Not one immoral , one corrupted thought , " One line which dying he could wish to blot . " C ODE ON THE DEATH OF MR ...
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... heaven . Forth fly the tepid airs ; and unconfined , Unbinding earth , the moving softness strays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature , and his lusty steers Drives from their stalls , to where the well - used ...
... heaven . Forth fly the tepid airs ; and unconfined , Unbinding earth , the moving softness strays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature , and his lusty steers Drives from their stalls , to where the well - used ...
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... now shut up Within his iron cave , th ' effusive south 140 Warms the wide air , and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent . 145 Clouds , preparatory to Rain . At first a dusky SPRING . 41.
... now shut up Within his iron cave , th ' effusive south 140 Warms the wide air , and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent . 145 Clouds , preparatory to Rain . At first a dusky SPRING . 41.
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... Heaven descends In universal bounty , shedding herbs , 180 And fruits , and flowers , on Nature's ample lap ? Swift fancy fired anticipates their growth ; And , while the milky nutriment distils , Beholds the kindling country colour ...
... Heaven descends In universal bounty , shedding herbs , 180 And fruits , and flowers , on Nature's ample lap ? Swift fancy fired anticipates their growth ; And , while the milky nutriment distils , Beholds the kindling country colour ...
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amid ANGELES Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bloom bosom boundless breast breath breeze Burning Zone CALIFORN Castle of Indolence CELADON charm clouds Coriolanus dark deep delight deluge descends dreadful earth EDNAM ether exalts fair fair brow fancy fierce flame flocks flood forest gale genius gloom glow grace grove Hagley Park happy heart heaven hills JAMES THOMSON Lapland light matchless maze mind mingled mountains Muse Musidora Nature Nature's night o'er Palemon passions peace plain pomp pours pride rage rapture retired Riccarton Richmond Hill rills rise roar robe rocks roll round rural scene season shade shake shining smile snow soft song Sophonisba soul spreads Spring storm stream swain sweet swelling swift tempest tender thee Thomson thou thought thro thunder toil UNIVERS vale virtue walk waste wave wild winds wing Winter wintry wonders woods youth