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Page xxviii
... imitations of his manner , which have been following him close , from the very first publication of Winter , he feems to have fixed no inconfiderable æra of the English poetry , O DE ON THE DEATH of Mr. THOMSON . By xxviii ...
... imitations of his manner , which have been following him close , from the very first publication of Winter , he feems to have fixed no inconfiderable æra of the English poetry , O DE ON THE DEATH of Mr. THOMSON . By xxviii ...
Page xlviii
... first access of genial warmth had excited , now fubfides ; and the increafing heats rather inspire faintness and inaction than lively exertions . The in- fect race alone seem animated with peculiar vigour under the more direct influence ...
... first access of genial warmth had excited , now fubfides ; and the increafing heats rather inspire faintness and inaction than lively exertions . The in- fect race alone seem animated with peculiar vigour under the more direct influence ...
Page 7
... first a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce ftaining ether ; but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour fails Along the loaded fky , and mingling deep Sits on th ' horizon round a fettled gloom : Not fuch as wint ...
... first a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce ftaining ether ; but by swift degrees , In heaps on heaps , the doubling vapour fails Along the loaded fky , and mingling deep Sits on th ' horizon round a fettled gloom : Not fuch as wint ...
Page 10
... and not the tyrant , of the world . The first fresh dawn then wak'd the gladden'd race Of uncorrupted Man , nor blufh'd to fee The fluggard fleep beneath its facred beam ; For their light flumbers gently fum'd away ; And up 10 SPRING .
... and not the tyrant , of the world . The first fresh dawn then wak'd the gladden'd race Of uncorrupted Man , nor blufh'd to fee The fluggard fleep beneath its facred beam ; For their light flumbers gently fum'd away ; And up 10 SPRING .
Page 16
... first foul torrent of the brooks , Swell'd with the vernal rains , is ebb'd away , And , whitening , down their moffy - tinctur'd ftream Defcends the billowy foam : now is the time , While yet the dark brown water aids the guile , To ...
... first foul torrent of the brooks , Swell'd with the vernal rains , is ebb'd away , And , whitening , down their moffy - tinctur'd ftream Defcends the billowy foam : now is the time , While yet the dark brown water aids the guile , To ...
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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