The Seasons: By James ThomsonJames Gillies, Glasgow, 1795 - 172 pages |
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... o'er the heath , And fing their wild notes to the listening wafte , At lait from Aries rolls the bounteons fun , And the bright Ball receives him . Th ' expansive atmosphere is cramp'd with , cold ; But , full of life and vivifying foul ...
... o'er the heath , And fing their wild notes to the listening wafte , At lait from Aries rolls the bounteons fun , And the bright Ball receives him . Th ' expansive atmosphere is cramp'd with , cold ; But , full of life and vivifying foul ...
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... o'er all - furrounding heaven . Forth fly the tepid airs ; and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving foftnefs ftrays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature , and his lufty fteers Drives from their stalls ...
... o'er all - furrounding heaven . Forth fly the tepid airs ; and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving foftnefs ftrays . Joyous , th ' impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature , and his lufty fteers Drives from their stalls ...
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... o'er your hills , and long.withdrawing vales , Let Autumn fpread his treasures to the fun , Luxuriant and unbounded : as the fea , Far through his azure turbulent domain , Your empire owns , and from a thousand fhores Wafts all the pomp ...
... o'er your hills , and long.withdrawing vales , Let Autumn fpread his treasures to the fun , Luxuriant and unbounded : as the fea , Far through his azure turbulent domain , Your empire owns , and from a thousand fhores Wafts all the pomp ...
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... o'er the blooms the pungent dut Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' invenom'd leaf begins to curl , With fprinkled water drowns them in their neft ; Nor , while they pick them up with busy bill , The little trooping ...
... o'er the blooms the pungent dut Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' invenom'd leaf begins to curl , With fprinkled water drowns them in their neft ; Nor , while they pick them up with busy bill , The little trooping ...
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... o'er the vaft Atlantic hither borne , In endless train , would quench the suminer - blaze , And , cheerlefs , drown the crude unripen'd year . The north - eaft spends his rage ; he now shut up Within his iron - cave , th ' effufive ...
... o'er the vaft Atlantic hither borne , In endless train , would quench the suminer - blaze , And , cheerlefs , drown the crude unripen'd year . The north - eaft spends his rage ; he now shut up Within his iron - cave , th ' effufive ...
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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