The Poetical Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections, Additions, and Improvements : with the Life of the Author and an Essay on the Plan and Charachters of the Poem on the Season, Volume 2Benjamin Johnson, 1804 |
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... earth , where harvests crowd On untill'd harvests all the teeming year , If of the fat o'erflowing culture robb'd , Were then a more uncomfortable wild , Sterile , and void , than , of her trade depriv'd , Britons ! your boasted isle ...
... earth , where harvests crowd On untill'd harvests all the teeming year , If of the fat o'erflowing culture robb'd , Were then a more uncomfortable wild , Sterile , and void , than , of her trade depriv'd , Britons ! your boasted isle ...
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... earth , Rome in her glory see ; Behold her demi - gods , in senate met , All head to counsel , and all heart to act ; The commonweal inspiring every tongue With fervent eloquence , unbrib'd , and bold , Ere tame corruption taught the ...
... earth , Rome in her glory see ; Behold her demi - gods , in senate met , All head to counsel , and all heart to act ; The commonweal inspiring every tongue With fervent eloquence , unbrib'd , and bold , Ere tame corruption taught the ...
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... earth , and heaven , revers'd . Who but , these far - fam'd ruins to behold , Proofs of a people whose heroic aims Soar'd far above the little selfish sphere Of doubting modern life ; who but , inflam'd With classic zeal , these ...
... earth , and heaven , revers'd . Who but , these far - fam'd ruins to behold , Proofs of a people whose heroic aims Soar'd far above the little selfish sphere Of doubting modern life ; who but , inflam'd With classic zeal , these ...
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... earth ! Ye Romans ! could you raise the laurel'd head ? Could you the country see , by seas of blood , And the dread toil of ages , won so dear , Your pride , your triumph , your supreme delight ! For whose defence oft , in the doubtful ...
... earth ! Ye Romans ! could you raise the laurel'd head ? Could you the country see , by seas of blood , And the dread toil of ages , won so dear , Your pride , your triumph , your supreme delight ! For whose defence oft , in the doubtful ...
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... Earth smil'd beneath my beam ; the muse before Sonorous flew , that low , till then , in woods Had tun'd the reed , and sigh'd the shepherd's pain ; But now , to sing heroic deeds , she swell'd A nobler note , and bade the banquet burn ...
... Earth smil'd beneath my beam ; the muse before Sonorous flew , that low , till then , in woods Had tun'd the reed , and sigh'd the shepherd's pain ; But now , to sing heroic deeds , she swell'd A nobler note , and bade the banquet burn ...
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æther amid ancient arts Athens bade beam behold beneath blest bliss blood bloom breath Britons brow calm CASTLE OF INDOLENCE charms Corruption dark deep delight dread E'en earth Epaminondas fair fame fir'd flame flood Formia Freedom gale genius glad glory goddess goddess of Liberty grace Greece happy heart heaven Hence honour human Idless Isthmian games Italy JAMES THOMSON join'd kings knight labour land Liberty light luxurious mankind matchless mind mix'd Muse Musidora Nature's o'er passions peace Phoenicia plain pour'd pride race rage rais'd Rapine reign rise roll'd Roman Rome round rous'd sacred scene scorn'd seiz'd shade shine shore Silures sing slaves smil'd smile soft song sons soul spirit spread stream sunk sweet swell swell'd taught tempest tender thee thou thro toil touch'd trembling turn'd tyrants vale vile virtue waves whence wild winds wretch