James ThomsonMacmillan and Company, limited, 1907 - 259 pages |
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... by Mr. Seccombe in the Dictionary of National Biography , and by Dr. Birkbeck Hill in his notes on Johnson's Lives of the Poets . The present writer has contributed V some facts , especially with regard to the production of.
... by Mr. Seccombe in the Dictionary of National Biography , and by Dr. Birkbeck Hill in his notes on Johnson's Lives of the Poets . The present writer has contributed V some facts , especially with regard to the production of.
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... poem of The Seasons , and the poem is introduced by a passage which refers to his early experiences : — " Welcome , kindred glooms ! Cogenial1 horrors , hail ! with frequent foot Pleas'd have I , in my cheerful morn of life , When nurs ...
... poem of The Seasons , and the poem is introduced by a passage which refers to his early experiences : — " Welcome , kindred glooms ! Cogenial1 horrors , hail ! with frequent foot Pleas'd have I , in my cheerful morn of life , When nurs ...
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... poem of Winter , wrote thus : " Mr. Riccaltoun's poem on Winter , which I still have , first put the design into my head ; in it are some masterly strokes which awakened me . " The poem referred to is generally assumed to be that ...
... poem of Winter , wrote thus : " Mr. Riccaltoun's poem on Winter , which I still have , first put the design into my head ; in it are some masterly strokes which awakened me . " The poem referred to is generally assumed to be that ...
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... poem by Riccaltoun , which possibly may have been that referred to in Thomson's letter . Dr. Somerville , minister of Jed- burgh , writing in 1814 , describes Riccaltoun as the most distinguished member of the Presbytery of Jed- burgh ...
... poem by Riccaltoun , which possibly may have been that referred to in Thomson's letter . Dr. Somerville , minister of Jed- burgh , writing in 1814 , describes Riccaltoun as the most distinguished member of the Presbytery of Jed- burgh ...
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... poems survive nevertheless , having been written out by Thomson afterwards , at the request of Lord George Graham . Of these the only piece which has much merit is Lisy's Parting with her Cat , a rather clever exercise in mock - heroic ...
... poems survive nevertheless , having been written out by Thomson afterwards , at the request of Lord George Graham . Of these the only piece which has much merit is Lisy's Parting with her Cat , a rather clever exercise in mock - heroic ...
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Page 107 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then THY sun...
Page 208 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face...
Page 143 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 107 - Works in the secret deep ; shoots, steaming, thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the Spring ; Flings from the Sun direct the flaming day; Feeds every creature ; hurls the tempest forth ; And, as on earth this grateful change revolves. With transport touches all the springs of life.
Page 240 - Stand, never overlook'd, our favourite elms, That screen the herdsman's solitary hut ; While far beyond, and overthwart the stream, That, as with molten glass, inlays the vale, The sloping land recedes into the clouds ; Displaying on its varied side the grace Of hedge-row beauties numberless, square tower, Tall spire, from which the sound of cheerful bells Just undulates upon the listening ear, Groves, heaths, and smoking villages, remote.
Page 174 - Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling Plenty leads thy wanton train; Eas"d of her load Subjection grows more light, And Poverty looks cheerful in thy sight ; Thou mak'st the gloomy face of Nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.
Page 109 - And wait the approaching sign to strike, at once, Into the general choir. Even Mountains, Vales, And Forests seem, impatient, to demand The promised sweetness. Man superior walks Amid the glad Creation, musing praise, And looking lively gratitude. At last, The Clouds consign their treasures to the fields, And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshened world. The stealing Shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander...
Page 129 - That winding leads through pits of death, or else Instructs him how to take the dangerous ford. The lengthened night elaps'd, the morning shines Serene, in all her dewy beauty bright, Unfolding fair the last autumnal day. And now the mounting sun dispels the fog ; The rigid hoar-frost melts before his beam; And hung on every spray, on every blade Of grass, the myriad dew-drops twinkle round.
Page 200 - Or stockdoves plain amid the forest deep, That drowsy rustled to the sighing gale ; And still a coil the grasshopper did keep ; Yet all these sounds yblent inclined all to sleep.
Page 115 - With quicken'd step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn.