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Page lviii
... rural character , as delineated in his feelings , contains all the softness , purity , and fim- plicity that are feigned of the golden age . Yet , ex- cellent as the moral and sentimental part of his work must appear to every congenial ...
... rural character , as delineated in his feelings , contains all the softness , purity , and fim- plicity that are feigned of the golden age . Yet , ex- cellent as the moral and sentimental part of his work must appear to every congenial ...
Page lx
... rural caft . The objects it is chiefly converfant with are those presented by the hand of Nature , not the products of human art ; and when man himself is introduced as a part of the groupe , it would seem that , in conformity to the ...
... rural caft . The objects it is chiefly converfant with are those presented by the hand of Nature , not the products of human art ; and when man himself is introduced as a part of the groupe , it would seem that , in conformity to the ...
Page 3
... 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 whom compar'd your infect ...
... 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 whom compar'd your infect ...
Page 19
... rural fcenes ; fuch as the Mantuan fwain Paints in the matchlefs harmony of song . Or catch thyself the landscape , gliding swift Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods and waters lull'd , And loft in lonely mufing , in ...
... rural fcenes ; fuch as the Mantuan fwain Paints in the matchlefs harmony of song . Or catch thyself the landscape , gliding swift Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods and waters lull'd , And loft in lonely mufing , in ...
Page 31
... rural seat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In early Spring , his airy city builds , * The fartheft of the western islands of Scotland . And ceafelefs caws amufive ; there , well ...
... rural seat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In early Spring , his airy city builds , * The fartheft of the western islands of Scotland . And ceafelefs caws amufive ; there , well ...
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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