The Seasons: By James ThomsonJames Gillies, Glasgow, 1795 - 172 pages |
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... toil , Cheer'd by the fimple fong and foaring lark . Mean while incumbent o'er the shining share The mafter leans , removes th ' obftructing clay , Winds the whole work , and fidelong lays the glebe . White thro ' the neighb'ring fields ...
... toil , Cheer'd by the fimple fong and foaring lark . Mean while incumbent o'er the shining share The mafter leans , removes th ' obftructing clay , Winds the whole work , and fidelong lays the glebe . White thro ' the neighb'ring fields ...
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... toil , Patient and ever ready , clothes the land With all the pomp of harveft ; shall he bleed , And struggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds ? and that , perhaps , To fwell the riot of th ' autumnal feast ...
... toil , Patient and ever ready , clothes the land With all the pomp of harveft ; shall he bleed , And struggling groan beneath the cruel hands Even of the clown he feeds ? and that , perhaps , To fwell the riot of th ' autumnal feast ...
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... toil delight .. Come then , ye virgins and ye youths , whofe hearts Have felt the raptures of refining love ; And thou , Amanda , come , pride of my fong ! Form'd by the Graces , loveliness itself ! Come with thofe downcaft eyes ...
... toil delight .. Come then , ye virgins and ye youths , whofe hearts Have felt the raptures of refining love ; And thou , Amanda , come , pride of my fong ! Form'd by the Graces , loveliness itself ! Come with thofe downcaft eyes ...
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... toil fulfill'd , the callow young , Warm'd and expanded into perfect life , Their brittle bondage break , and come to fight , A helpless family , demanding food With conftant clamour : 0 what pasions then , What melting sentiments of ...
... toil fulfill'd , the callow young , Warm'd and expanded into perfect life , Their brittle bondage break , and come to fight , A helpless family , demanding food With conftant clamour : 0 what pasions then , What melting sentiments of ...
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... toil alone they fcorn : Exalting love , By the great Father of the Spring infpir'd , Gives inftant courage to the fearful race , And to the fimple art . With ftealthy wing , Should fome rude foot their woody haunts moleft , Amid a ...
... toil alone they fcorn : Exalting love , By the great Father of the Spring infpir'd , Gives inftant courage to the fearful race , And to the fimple art . With ftealthy wing , Should fome rude foot their woody haunts moleft , Amid a ...
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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