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... death , and Lyttelton not only published an edition of Thomson's works in 1750 ( 1752 ) where The Seasons lost 89 lines ( Aut . 483-569 , 607 , and 677 ) , but , " conformably to the intention and will of the author " , he also made ...
... death , and Lyttelton not only published an edition of Thomson's works in 1750 ( 1752 ) where The Seasons lost 89 lines ( Aut . 483-569 , 607 , and 677 ) , but , " conformably to the intention and will of the author " , he also made ...
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... death ; 716 balance . 719 727 And , sick in 735 me 737 and growing 753 cattel scouling 759 Appears far 754 761 767 ether 770 heaven 782 live dejected 787 master for 788 Black from 789 leaning shatter'd 790 ages ; 791 lie : 792 Here the ...
... death ; 716 balance . 719 727 And , sick in 735 me 737 and growing 753 cattel scouling 759 Appears far 754 761 767 ether 770 heaven 782 live dejected 787 master for 788 Black from 789 leaning shatter'd 790 ages ; 791 lie : 792 Here the ...
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... Death ? BC 1147 Night , 1152 all ? BC 1154 Hope : BC Sap : BC 1166 Hay ; C Grottos , B BC 1173 poetic BC BC 1180 some , free || BC 1197 1204 sees Her BC 1217 rejoices BC a Book the BC 1174 Flood in C 1170 sound unbroken BC 1176 destroy ...
... Death ? BC 1147 Night , 1152 all ? BC 1154 Hope : BC Sap : BC 1166 Hay ; C Grottos , B BC 1173 poetic BC BC 1180 some , free || BC 1197 1204 sees Her BC 1217 rejoices BC a Book the BC 1174 Flood in C 1170 sound unbroken BC 1176 destroy ...
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... Death - bed 456 fell , 476 best , Comma after pass EF round ; 626 Sleep : 724 its 775 Mean - time , 349 These , 427 Shore || E Shore , F 535 Hand in Hand 572 578 its 607 Ascent , 622 679 thee 694 Nitre 492 Greece : 577 Mind ; 671 excels ...
... Death - bed 456 fell , 476 best , Comma after pass EF round ; 626 Sleep : 724 its 775 Mean - time , 349 These , 427 Shore || E Shore , F 535 Hand in Hand 572 578 its 607 Ascent , 622 679 thee 694 Nitre 492 Greece : 577 Mind ; 671 excels ...
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... Death in every Form , and first 1479 Illustrious are thy Princes : Alfred first 1482 And peacefull Wisdom , more heroic still , 1483-84 And Muses venerate : the best of Kings ! || Then bright thy Edwards & c . 1487 Between still and In ...
... Death in every Form , and first 1479 Illustrious are thy Princes : Alfred first 1482 And peacefull Wisdom , more heroic still , 1483-84 And Muses venerate : the best of Kings ! || Then bright thy Edwards & c . 1487 Between still and In ...
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Thomson's Seasons: Critical Edition, Being a Reproduction of the Original ... James Thomson No preview available - 1970 |
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Page 322 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Page 277 - Smooth'd up with snow; and, what is land, unknown, What water, of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils.
Page 247 - Father of light and life, Thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself ! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit ; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Page 277 - In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Page 23 - Of pendent trees, the monarch of the brook, Behoves you then to ply your finest art. Long time he, following cautious, scans the fly ; And oft attempts to seize it, but as oft The dimpled water speaks his jealous fear. At last, while haply o'er the shaded sun Passes a cloud, he desperate takes the death, With sullen plunge. At once he darts along, Deep-struck, and runs out all the lengthen'd line ; Then seeks the farthest ooze, the sheltering weed, The cavern'd bank, his old secure abode ; And flies...
Page 97 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious flood Rolls fair and placid; where collected all, In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
Page 319 - Behold, fond man ! See here thy pictured life; pass some few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent strength, Thy sober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at last, And shuts the scene.
Page 48 - Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace, but harmony itself, Attuning all their passions into love ; Where friendship full exerts her softest power, Perfect esteem, enliven'd by desire Ineffable, and sympathy of soul ; Thought meeting thought, and will preventing will, With boundless confidence : for nought but love Can answer love, and render bliss secure.
Page 271 - Tis brightness all ; save where the new snow melts Along the mazy current. Low, the woods Bow their hoar head ; and, ere the languid Sun Faint from the west emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.
Page 324 - As home he goes beneath the joyous moon. Ye that keep watch in heaven, as earth asleep Unconscious lies, effuse your mildest beams, Ye constellations, while your angels strike, Amid the spangled sky, the silver lyre.