The Seasons: By James ThomsonJames Gillies, Glasgow, 1795 - 172 pages |
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... mountains lift their green heads to the fky . As yet the trembling year is unconfirm'd , And Winter oft at eve refumes the breeze , Chills the pale morn , and bids his driving fleets Deform the day delightless : fo that fearce The ...
... mountains lift their green heads to the fky . As yet the trembling year is unconfirm'd , And Winter oft at eve refumes the breeze , Chills the pale morn , and bids his driving fleets Deform the day delightless : fo that fearce The ...
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... mountains , vales , And forefts feem , impatient , to demand The promis'a fweetnefs . Man fuperior walks Amid the glad creation , mufing praife , And looking lively gratitude . At laft , The clouds confign their treasures to the fields ...
... mountains , vales , And forefts feem , impatient , to demand The promis'a fweetnefs . Man fuperior walks Amid the glad creation , mufing praife , And looking lively gratitude . At laft , The clouds confign their treasures to the fields ...
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... mountain , thro ' the foreft ftreams , Shakes on the floods , and in a yellow mift , Far fmoking o'er th ' interminable plain , In twinkling myriads lights the dewy gems . Moift , bright , and green , the landscape laughs around ; Full ...
... mountain , thro ' the foreft ftreams , Shakes on the floods , and in a yellow mift , Far fmoking o'er th ' interminable plain , In twinkling myriads lights the dewy gems . Moift , bright , and green , the landscape laughs around ; Full ...
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... mountain rock , Fir'd by the nodding verdure of its brow . With fuch a liberal hand has Nature flung Their feeds abroad , blown them about in winds , Innumerous mix'd them with the nurfing mold , The moiftening current , and prolific ...
... mountain rock , Fir'd by the nodding verdure of its brow . With fuch a liberal hand has Nature flung Their feeds abroad , blown them about in winds , Innumerous mix'd them with the nurfing mold , The moiftening current , and prolific ...
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... mountain , and the diftant main . But why fo far excurfive ? when at hand , Along thefe blushing borders , bright with dew , And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair - handed Spring unbofoms ev'ry grace ; Throws out the fnow ...
... mountain , and the diftant main . But why fo far excurfive ? when at hand , Along thefe blushing borders , bright with dew , And in yon mingled wilderness of flowers , Fair - handed Spring unbofoms ev'ry grace ; Throws out the fnow ...
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amid beam beauty beneath blaft blaze blifs bloom bofom boundleſs breaft breath breeze clouds croud deep defcends diftant earth ether exalts facred fafe fair brow fave fcarce fcene feafon feas fecret feem feen fenfe fhade fhines fhore fide fierce figh filent filk fimple fing firft fkies flame fleep flocks flood fmiling fnow foaring focial foft fome fong fons foreft foul fpirit froft ftand ftate fteal ftill ftorm ftream ftretch'd ftrong fuch fudden funk fwain fweep fweet fwelling fwift gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills Inceffant laft lefs loft luftre mingled mix'd mountains Mufe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace pleaſure rage rife rocks roll round ſcene ſky ſpreads Spring tempeft thee thefe theſe thine thofe thou thouſand thro toil vaft vale vex'd virtue wafte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing wiſdom woods