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... join'd his fullen joy . For mufic held the whole in perfect peace : Soft figh'd the flute : the tender voice was heard , Warbling the varied heart ; the woodlands round Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In SPRING . II.
... join'd his fullen joy . For mufic held the whole in perfect peace : Soft figh'd the flute : the tender voice was heard , Warbling the varied heart ; the woodlands round Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In SPRING . II.
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James Thomson. Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In confonance . Such were thofe prime of days . But now thofe white unblemish'd manners , whence The fabling poets took their golden age , Are found no more amid these iron ...
James Thomson. Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In confonance . Such were thofe prime of days . But now thofe white unblemish'd manners , whence The fabling poets took their golden age , Are found no more amid these iron ...
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... winds ; that now in fluent dance , And lively fermentation , mounting , spreads All this innumerous - coloured fcene of things . : As rifing from the vegetable world My theme afcends , G4 SPRING . 23 Nor hyacinths, of pureft virgin ...
... winds ; that now in fluent dance , And lively fermentation , mounting , spreads All this innumerous - coloured fcene of things . : As rifing from the vegetable world My theme afcends , G4 SPRING . 23 Nor hyacinths, of pureft virgin ...
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... wind Blows Spring abroad ; for you the teeming clouds Defcend in gladfome plenty o'er the world ; And the sun sheds his kindest rays for you , Ye flower of human race ! In these green days , Reviving Sickness lifts her languid head ...
... wind Blows Spring abroad ; for you the teeming clouds Defcend in gladfome plenty o'er the world ; And the sun sheds his kindest rays for you , Ye flower of human race ! In these green days , Reviving Sickness lifts her languid head ...
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... on clouds continual heap'd ; Or whirl'd tempeftuous by the gufty wind , Or filent borne along , heavy and flow , With the big stores of fteaming oceans charg'd . Meantime L 2 SUMMER . 83 Where palaces, and fanes, and villas rife ; ...
... on clouds continual heap'd ; Or whirl'd tempeftuous by the gufty wind , Or filent borne along , heavy and flow , With the big stores of fteaming oceans charg'd . Meantime L 2 SUMMER . 83 Where palaces, and fanes, and villas rife ; ...
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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