...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 ! And oft, as Ease and Health...

...Edward King, Milton's "genius of the shore," as a more modest and, presumably, more modern spirit: "Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore / When Thames in summer wreaths is dressed" (13-14, my emphasis). Thomson's grave is a monument, but Thomson himself something less than...

...poetry. The poem contains personifications of nature, of pity, of ease and health, of remembrance. Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is dressed, And oft suspend the dashing oar To bid her gentle spirit rest! (lines 13-16) There are changes...