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Page xlix
... such a happy variety for the poet's selection , that we need not wonder if some of his nobleft pieces are the product of this delightful ex- curfion . He returns , however , with apparent fatif- faction , to take a laft survey of the ...
... such a happy variety for the poet's selection , that we need not wonder if some of his nobleft pieces are the product of this delightful ex- curfion . He returns , however , with apparent fatif- faction , to take a laft survey of the ...
Page lxi
... such subjects as these will naturally offer themselves to the ftudious mind . There is another fource of fentiment to the Poet of the SEASONS , which , while it is fuperior to the laft in real elevation , is also strictly connected with ...
... such subjects as these will naturally offer themselves to the ftudious mind . There is another fource of fentiment to the Poet of the SEASONS , which , while it is fuperior to the laft in real elevation , is also strictly connected with ...
Page 3
... Such themes as these the rural MARO fung To wide - imperial ROME , in the full height Of elegance and tafte , by GREECE refin'd . In ancient times , the facred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : And fome , with ...
... Such themes as these the rural MARO fung To wide - imperial ROME , in the full height Of elegance and tafte , by GREECE refin'd . In ancient times , the facred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : And fome , with ...
Page 12
... Such were thofe prime of days . But now thofe white unblemish'd manners , whence The fabling poets took their golden age , Are found no more amid these iron times , Thefe dregs of life ! Now the distemper'd mind Has loft that concord of ...
... Such were thofe prime of days . But now thofe white unblemish'd manners , whence The fabling poets took their golden age , Are found no more amid these iron times , Thefe dregs of life ! Now the distemper'd mind Has loft that concord of ...
Page 94
... Such as , of late , at Carthagena quench'd The BRITISH fire . You , gallant Vernon , faw The miferable scene ; you , pitying , faw To infant - weakness funk the warrior's arm ; Saw the deep - racking pang , the ghastly form , The lip ...
... Such as , of late , at Carthagena quench'd The BRITISH fire . You , gallant Vernon , faw The miferable scene ; you , pitying , faw To infant - weakness funk the warrior's arm ; Saw the deep - racking pang , the ghastly form , The lip ...
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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