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... lost 89 lines ( Aut . 483-569 , 607 , and 677 ) , but , " conformably to the intention and will of the author " , he also made many changes in the Seasons later on , as is shown by an interleaved copy preserved at Hagley , and , but for ...
... lost 89 lines ( Aut . 483-569 , 607 , and 677 ) , but , " conformably to the intention and will of the author " , he also made many changes in the Seasons later on , as is shown by an interleaved copy preserved at Hagley , and , but for ...
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... lost . ' Tis him , 953 blank : 954 horror to wretch ; 961 dew ; 973 corn ; 994 they 962 him the 960 around , 966 air ; 963 felt . 964 Confess'd from 988 merry - hearted ; 989 pail ; 995 unfrequented ; where || stories 999 they And after ...
... lost . ' Tis him , 953 blank : 954 horror to wretch ; 961 dew ; 973 corn ; 994 they 962 him the 960 around , 966 air ; 963 felt . 964 Confess'd from 988 merry - hearted ; 989 pail ; 995 unfrequented ; where || stories 999 they And after ...
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... lost . 1147 huge ; ] dire , 1177-79 cares , and joy'd to mark || Full - flowing round , their copious , wintry stores . 1221 Disposed in festive etc. 1223 For- getting every care . The etc. 1226 Drest in her best Attire , the village ...
... lost . 1147 huge ; ] dire , 1177-79 cares , and joy'd to mark || Full - flowing round , their copious , wintry stores . 1221 Disposed in festive etc. 1223 For- getting every care . The etc. 1226 Drest in her best Attire , the village ...
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... lost . Yet still with Hopes New - flush'd , and fresh Desires , deluded Man Again prepares to run the giddy Round . 310 354 229 whitening ] silent 273 whelms , while foul and fierce 274-76 cancelled 278 Caught by the storm on some lone ...
... lost . Yet still with Hopes New - flush'd , and fresh Desires , deluded Man Again prepares to run the giddy Round . 310 354 229 whitening ] silent 273 whelms , while foul and fierce 274-76 cancelled 278 Caught by the storm on some lone ...
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... Lost IX 425--27 . 16 , 17 : Virgil's Georgics I 43 , 44 , Par . Lost VII 285-87 . 32 , 33 : Georg . II 330--31 . 35-39 : 41 , 42 : 99 I 45 , 46 . I 213 . " " 43 : " " I 98 . 59 , 60 : Shakspere's Troilus and Cressida , Act III , Sc . II ...
... Lost IX 425--27 . 16 , 17 : Virgil's Georgics I 43 , 44 , Par . Lost VII 285-87 . 32 , 33 : Georg . II 330--31 . 35-39 : 41 , 42 : 99 I 45 , 46 . I 213 . " " 43 : " " I 98 . 59 , 60 : Shakspere's Troilus and Cressida , Act III , Sc . II ...
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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.