The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements ... To which is Prefixed, the Life of the Author, Volume 1R. Baldwin, 1802 |
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... walk the distance between London and Richmond with any ac- quaintance that offered , with whom he might chat and rest himself , or perhaps dine , by the way . One summer evening , being alone , in his walk from town to Hammersmith , he ...
... walk the distance between London and Richmond with any ac- quaintance that offered , with whom he might chat and rest himself , or perhaps dine , by the way . One summer evening , being alone , in his walk from town to Hammersmith , he ...
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... walk to his house , at the upper end of Kew - lane , had always hitherto prevented . But , now , the cold had so seized him , that next day he found himself in a high fever , so much the more to be dreaded that he was of a full habit ...
... walk to his house , at the upper end of Kew - lane , had always hitherto prevented . But , now , the cold had so seized him , that next day he found himself in a high fever , so much the more to be dreaded that he was of a full habit ...
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... being rather robust than grace- ful though it is known that in his youth he had been thought handsome . His worst appearance was , when you saw him walking alone , in a thoughtful mood : but let a friend accost him , OF MR . THOMSON . 27.
... being rather robust than grace- ful though it is known that in his youth he had been thought handsome . His worst appearance was , when you saw him walking alone , in a thoughtful mood : but let a friend accost him , OF MR . THOMSON . 27.
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... walking in his library till near morning , humming over , in his way , what he was to correct and write out next day . The amusements of his leisure hours were civil and natural history , voyages , and the rela- tions of travellers ...
... walking in his library till near morning , humming over , in his way , what he was to correct and write out next day . The amusements of his leisure hours were civil and natural history , voyages , and the rela- tions of travellers ...
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... walk the plain With innocence and meditation join'd In soft assemblage , listen to my song , Which thy own season paints ; when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent , like thee . And see where surly Winter passes off , Far to the north ...
... walk the plain With innocence and meditation join'd In soft assemblage , listen to my song , Which thy own season paints ; when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent , like thee . And see where surly Winter passes off , Far to the north ...
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Page 34 - Then maids and youths shall linger here, And while its sounds at distance swell, Shall sadly seem in pity's ear To hear the woodland pilgrim's knell. Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore, When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar, To bid his gentle spirit rest...
Page 175 - 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 Shoots full perfection through the swelling year...
Page 40 - 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.
Page 141 - SEE, Winter comes to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train : Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme, These ! that exalt the soul to solemn thought, And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms ! Congenial horrors, hail ! with frequent foot...
Page 135 - In herbs and fruits ; whatever greens the Spring , When heaven descends in showers ; or bends the bough When Summer reddens, and when Autumn beams ; Or in the Wintry glebe whatever lies Conceal'd and fattens with the richest sap : These are not wanting ; nor the milky drove , Luxuriant, spread o'er all the lowing vale ; Nor bleating mountains...
Page 33 - In yonder grave a druid lies, Where slowly winds the stealing wave ; The year's best sweets shall duteous rise ^ To deck its poet's sylvan grave. In yon deep bed of whispering reeds His airy harp shall now be laid, That he, whose heart in sorrow bleeds, May love through life the soothing shade.
Page 14 - With yielding hand, That feels him still, yet to his furious course Gives way, you, now retiring, following now Across the stream, exhaust his idle rage; Till floating broad upon his breathless side, And to his fate abandon'd, to the shore You gaily drag your unresisting prize.
Page 103 - Beneath the shelter of encircling hills, A myrtle rises, far from human eye, And breathes its balmy fragrance o'er the wild : So flourish'd, blooming, and unseen by all, The sweet Lavinia...
Page 115 - To raise the virtues, animate the bliss, And sweeten all the toils of human life : This be the female dignity, and praise.
Page 148 - Attract his slender feet. The foodless wilds Pour forth their brown inhabitants. The hare, Though timorous of heart, and hard beset By death in various forms, dark snares, and dogs, And more unpitying men, the garden seeks, Urged on by fearless want. The bleating kind Eye the bleak heaven, and next the glistening earth, With looks of dumb despair ; then, sad dispersed, Dig for the withered herb through heaps of snow.