The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections, Additions and Improvements, Volume 1A. Millar, 1757 |
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... fenfe , and takes the ravish'd foul . Nor is the mead unworthy of thy foot , Full of fresh verdure , and unnumber'd flowers , The negligence of Nature , wide , and wild ; Where , undifguis'd by mimic Art , she spreads Unbounded beauty ...
... fenfe , and takes the ravish'd foul . Nor is the mead unworthy of thy foot , Full of fresh verdure , and unnumber'd flowers , The negligence of Nature , wide , and wild ; Where , undifguis'd by mimic Art , she spreads Unbounded beauty ...
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... fenfe . And oft , in jealous madning fancy wrapt , He feeks the fight ; and , idly - butting , feigns His rival gor'd in every knotty trunk . 800 806 Him fhould he meet , the bellowing war begins : Their eyes flash fury ; to the hollow ...
... fenfe . And oft , in jealous madning fancy wrapt , He feeks the fight ; and , idly - butting , feigns His rival gor'd in every knotty trunk . 800 806 Him fhould he meet , the bellowing war begins : Their eyes flash fury ; to the hollow ...
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... fenfe , and amiable grace , 945 And lively sweetnefs dwell , enraptur'd , drink That nameless spirit of ethereal joy , Inimitable happiness ! which love , Alone , Alone , bestows , and on a favour'd few . SPRIN G. 37.
... fenfe , and amiable grace , 945 And lively sweetnefs dwell , enraptur'd , drink That nameless spirit of ethereal joy , Inimitable happiness ! which love , Alone , Alone , bestows , and on a favour'd few . SPRIN G. 37.
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... fenfe Inspir'd : where moral wisdom mildly shone , Without the toil of art ; and virtue glow'd , In all her fmiles , without forbidding pride . But , O thou beft of parents ! wipe thy tears ; Or rather to PARENTAL NATURE pay The tears ...
... fenfe Inspir'd : where moral wisdom mildly shone , Without the toil of art ; and virtue glow'd , In all her fmiles , without forbidding pride . But , O thou beft of parents ! wipe thy tears ; Or rather to PARENTAL NATURE pay The tears ...
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... fenfe , There loft . The very brute creation there This rage partakes , and burns with horrid fire . Lo ! the green ferpent , from his dark abode , Which even Imagination fears to tread , 895 At At noon forth - iffuing , gathers up his ...
... fenfe , There loft . The very brute creation there This rage partakes , and burns with horrid fire . Lo ! the green ferpent , from his dark abode , Which even Imagination fears to tread , 895 At At noon forth - iffuing , gathers up his ...
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Page 214 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Page 183 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 212 - Shoots full perfection through the swelling year: And oft thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks, And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve, By brooks and groves in hollow-whispering gales. Thy bounty shines in Autumn unconfined, And spreads a common feast for all that lives.
Page 182 - Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain: Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild; but wanders on From hill to dale, still more and more astray; Impatient flouncing through the drifted heaps, Stung with the thoughts of home; the thoughts of home Rush on his nerves, and call their vigour forth In many a vain attempt.
Page 212 - 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.
Page 183 - ... they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame.
Page 210 - Tis done! dread Winter spreads his latest glooms, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. How dead the vegetable kingdom lies! How dumb the tuneful! horror wide extends .His desolate domain.
Page 125 - While these unhappy partners of your kind Wide-hover round you, like the fowls of heaven, And ask their humble dole. The various turns Of fortune ponder; that your sons may want What now, with hard reluctance, faint, ye give.
Page 165 - And day to day, through the revolving year ; Admiring, sees her in her every shape ; Feels all her sweet emotions at his heart ; Takes what she liberal gives, nor thinks of more.
Page 23 - Hail, Source of Being ! Universal Soul Of Heaven and Earth ! Essential Presence, hail ! To Thee I bend the knee ; to Thee my thoughts Continual climb ; who, with a master-hand, Hast the great whole into perfection touch'd.