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Page 29
... 'd mother finds a vacant nest , By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns Robb'd , to the ground the vain provision falls ; Her pinions ruffle , and low - drooping fcarce Can bear the mourner to the poplar shade ; Where SPRING . 29.
... 'd mother finds a vacant nest , By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns Robb'd , to the ground the vain provision falls ; Her pinions ruffle , and low - drooping fcarce Can bear the mourner to the poplar shade ; Where SPRING . 29.
Page 30
... fall Takes up again her lamentable strain Of winding woe ; till , wide around , the woods Sigh to her fong , and with her wail refound . But now the feather'd youth their former bounds , Ardent , disdain ; and , weighing oft their wings ...
... fall Takes up again her lamentable strain Of winding woe ; till , wide around , the woods Sigh to her fong , and with her wail refound . But now the feather'd youth their former bounds , Ardent , disdain ; and , weighing oft their wings ...
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... fall , Or gleam in lengthened vista thro ' the trees , You filent fteal ; or fit beneath the shade Of folemn oaks , that tuft the fwelling mounts . Thrown graceful round by Nature's careless hand , And penfive liften to the various ...
... fall , Or gleam in lengthened vista thro ' the trees , You filent fteal ; or fit beneath the shade Of folemn oaks , that tuft the fwelling mounts . Thrown graceful round by Nature's careless hand , And penfive liften to the various ...
Page 41
... fall his fcorn'd affairs , ' Tis nought but gloom around ; the darkened fun Lofes his light . The rofy - bofom'd ... falls : while , borne away SPRING . 41.
... fall his fcorn'd affairs , ' Tis nought but gloom around ; the darkened fun Lofes his light . The rofy - bofom'd ... falls : while , borne away SPRING . 41.
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James Thomson. Th ' unfinish'd period falls : while , borne away On fwelling thought , his wafted fpirit flies To the vain ... falling stream , Romantic , hangs ; there thro ' the pensive dusk Strays , in heart - thrilling meditation loft ...
James Thomson. Th ' unfinish'd period falls : while , borne away On fwelling thought , his wafted fpirit flies To the vain ... falling stream , Romantic , hangs ; there thro ' the pensive dusk Strays , in heart - thrilling meditation loft ...
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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