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Page xxix
I N yonder grave a Druid lies , Where slowly winds the stealing wave ! The year's
best sweets shall duteous rise To deck its Poet's sylvan grave ! In yon deep bed
of whispering reeds His airy harp * shall now be laid , That he , whose heart in ...
I N yonder grave a Druid lies , Where slowly winds the stealing wave ! The year's
best sweets shall duteous rise To deck its Poet's sylvan grave ! In yon deep bed
of whispering reeds His airy harp * shall now be laid , That he , whose heart in ...
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The rest , furnished with various contrivances for dissemination , are scattered ,
by the friendly winds which now begin to blow , over the surface of that earth
which they are to clothe and decorate . The young of the animal race , which
Spring ...
The rest , furnished with various contrivances for dissemination , are scattered ,
by the friendly winds which now begin to blow , over the surface of that earth
which they are to clothe and decorate . The young of the animal race , which
Spring ...
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... removes th ' obftructing clay , Winds the whole work , and sidelong lays the
glebe . While thro ' the neighb'ring fields the fower ftalks , 2 SPRING .
... removes th ' obftructing clay , Winds the whole work , and sidelong lays the
glebe . While thro ' the neighb'ring fields the fower ftalks , 2 SPRING .
Page 6
Be patient , swains ; these cruel - feeming winds Blow not in vain . Far hence they
keep repress'd Those deep'ning clouds on clouds , surcharg'd with rain , That o'er
the vast Atlantic hither borne , In endless train , would quench the summer ...
Be patient , swains ; these cruel - feeming winds Blow not in vain . Far hence they
keep repress'd Those deep'ning clouds on clouds , surcharg'd with rain , That o'er
the vast Atlantic hither borne , In endless train , would quench the summer ...
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With such a liberal hand has Nature flung Their feeds abroad , blown them about
in winds , Innumerous mix'd them with the nursing mold , The moistening current ,
and prolific rain . But who their virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vision ...
With such a liberal hand has Nature flung Their feeds abroad , blown them about
in winds , Innumerous mix'd them with the nursing mold , The moistening current ,
and prolific rain . But who their virtues can declare ? who pierce , With vision ...
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amid appears Autumn beam beauty beneath beſt breathes circling clouds comes courſe dark death deep delight deſcends deſcription earth fair fall fancy fear feels fields firſt fits flame flood force foul give gloom grace grove hand happy head heart heaven Hence hills himſelf human kind land laſt light lively look mind mingled morn moſt mountains Muſe Nature night o'er once peace plain poet pure race rage riſe river rocks roll round rural ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſee ſhade ſhe ſhines ſky ſmile ſnow ſoft ſome ſong ſoul ſpread Spring ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſuch ſun ſwelling thee theſe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro till toil train turn vale various virtue voice walk waſte wave whole whoſe wide wild winds wing Winter wonders woods youth
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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