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Page 54
... earth , and coloured air , He looks in boundless majefty abroad ; And sheds the fhining day , that burnish'd plays On rocks , and hills , and towers , and wandering streams , High - gleaming from afar . Prime chearer Light ! 54 SUMMER .
... earth , and coloured air , He looks in boundless majefty abroad ; And sheds the fhining day , that burnish'd plays On rocks , and hills , and towers , and wandering streams , High - gleaming from afar . Prime chearer Light ! 54 SUMMER .
Page 57
... a mimic life . By thee refin'd , In brighter mazes the relucent stream Plays o'er the mead . The precipice abrupt , Projecting horror on the blackened flood , Softens at thy return . The defart joys Wildly , SUMMER . 57.
... a mimic life . By thee refin'd , In brighter mazes the relucent stream Plays o'er the mead . The precipice abrupt , Projecting horror on the blackened flood , Softens at thy return . The defart joys Wildly , SUMMER . 57.
Page 61
... stream , Are fnatch'd immediate by the quick - ey'd trout , Or darting falmon . Thro ' the green - wood glade Some love to ftray ; there lodg'd , amus'd and fed , In the fresh leaf . Luxurious , others make The meads their choice , and ...
... stream , Are fnatch'd immediate by the quick - ey'd trout , Or darting falmon . Thro ' the green - wood glade Some love to ftray ; there lodg'd , amus'd and fed , In the fresh leaf . Luxurious , others make The meads their choice , and ...
Page 62
James Thomson. Oft , inadvertent , from the milky stream They meet their fate ; or , weltering in the bowl , With powerlefs wings around them wrapt , expire . But chief to heedlefs flies the window proves A conftant death ; where ...
James Thomson. Oft , inadvertent , from the milky stream They meet their fate ; or , weltering in the bowl , With powerlefs wings around them wrapt , expire . But chief to heedlefs flies the window proves A conftant death ; where ...
Page 66
... haunt The trout is banish'd by the fordid stream ; Heavy , and dripping , to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where , as they spread Their fwelling treasures to the funny ray , Inly disturb'd 66 SUMMER .
... haunt The trout is banish'd by the fordid stream ; Heavy , and dripping , to the breezy brow Slow move the harmless race : where , as they spread Their fwelling treasures to the funny ray , Inly disturb'd 66 SUMMER .
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amid beauty beneath beſt blaſt bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze clouds courſe deep defcends defcription earth ether facred fatire feafon fecret fhade fhine filent fimple fing firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow focial foft fome fong fons foon foreft foul friendſhip ftill ftorm ftream fuch funk fwain fwelling gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf itſelf laft landſcape laſt lefs loft looſe luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleafing pleaſure poet rage raiſe reſtleſs rife round ruſhes ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſeem ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhower ſky ſpirit ſpreads Spring ſtate ſtill ſtores ſtorm taſte tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures uſe vale vex'd waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wiſdom wonders woods