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Page 6
X To check this plague , the skilful farmer chaff , And blazing ftraw , before his
orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in smoke , the latent foe From every cranny
suffocated falls : Or scatters o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to
the frosty ...
X To check this plague , the skilful farmer chaff , And blazing ftraw , before his
orchard burns ; Till , all involv'd in smoke , the latent foe From every cranny
suffocated falls : Or scatters o'er the blooms the pungent duft Of pepper , fatal to
the frosty ...
Page 8
At last , The clouds consign their treasures to the fields ; And , softly shaking on
the dimpled pool Prelusive drops , let all their moisture flow , In large effufion , o'
er the freshen'd world . The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard , By such as
...
At last , The clouds consign their treasures to the fields ; And , softly shaking on
the dimpled pool Prelusive drops , let all their moisture flow , In large effufion , o'
er the freshen'd world . The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard , By such as
...
Page 9
i Shoots Far smoking o'er th ' interminable plain , In twinkling myriads lights the
dewy gems . Moist , bright , and green , the landscape laughs around . Full swell
the woods ; their very music wakes , Mix'd in wild concert with the warbling
brooks ...
i Shoots Far smoking o'er th ' interminable plain , In twinkling myriads lights the
dewy gems . Moist , bright , and green , the landscape laughs around . Full swell
the woods ; their very music wakes , Mix'd in wild concert with the warbling
brooks ...
Page 11
The youthful sun Shot his best rays , and still the gracious clouds Dropp'd fatness
down ; as o'er the swelling mead , The herds and focks , commixing , play'd
secure , This when , emerging from the gloomy wood , The glaring lion law , his ...
The youthful sun Shot his best rays , and still the gracious clouds Dropp'd fatness
down ; as o'er the swelling mead , The herds and focks , commixing , play'd
secure , This when , emerging from the gloomy wood , The glaring lion law , his ...
Page 14
Pure was the temperate air ; an even calm Perpetual reign'd , save what the
zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanse : or then nor storms Were taught to
blow , nor hurricanes to rage ; Sound Nept the waters ; no sulphureous glooms ...
Pure was the temperate air ; an even calm Perpetual reign'd , save what the
zephyrs bland Breath'd o'er the blue expanse : or then nor storms Were taught to
blow , nor hurricanes to rage ; Sound Nept the waters ; no sulphureous glooms ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Seasons |
| Author | James Thomson |
| Publisher | A. Strahan, 1799 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 6 Aug 2008 |
| Length | 238 pages |
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