The seasons. To which is prefixed the life of the authorSuttaby, 1803 - 168 páginas |
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... various parts of Nature , ascending from the lower to the higher ; with digressions arising from the subject . - Its influence on inanimate matter.- On vegetables . - On brute animals . - And last , on Man . - Concluding with a ...
... various parts of Nature , ascending from the lower to the higher ; with digressions arising from the subject . - Its influence on inanimate matter.- On vegetables . - On brute animals . - And last , on Man . - Concluding with a ...
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... various hues ; but chiefly thee , gay Green ! Thou smiling Nature's universal robe ! United light and shade ! where the sight dwells With growing strength , and ever - new delight . From the moist meadow to the wither'd hill , Led by ...
... various hues ; but chiefly thee , gay Green ! Thou smiling Nature's universal robe ! United light and shade ! where the sight dwells With growing strength , and ever - new delight . From the moist meadow to the wither'd hill , Led by ...
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... various twine of light , by thee disclos'd From the white mingling maze . Not so the boy ; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend , Delightful , o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds ...
... various twine of light , by thee disclos'd From the white mingling maze . Not so the boy ; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend , Delightful , o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds ...
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... various , vex the mind With endless storm ; whence , deeply rankling , grows The partial thought , a listless unconcern , Cold and averting from our neighbour's good ; The dark disgust , and hatred , winding wiles , Coward deceit , and ...
... various , vex the mind With endless storm ; whence , deeply rankling , grows The partial thought , a listless unconcern , Cold and averting from our neighbour's good ; The dark disgust , and hatred , winding wiles , Coward deceit , and ...
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... various hand proportion'd to their force . " If yet too young , and easily deceiv'd , A worthless prey scarce bends your pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth , and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of Heaven , Soft ...
... various hand proportion'd to their force . " If yet too young , and easily deceiv'd , A worthless prey scarce bends your pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth , and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of Heaven , Soft ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
amid art thou Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bloom bosom boundless breast breath breeze bright clouds dark deep deluge descends dreadful earth ether exalts fair fair brow faithless fancy fierce flame flocks flood form'd gale gentle glebe gloom glow grace grove happy heart heaven herds hills JAMES THOMSON Lapland light lustre Lycurgus matchless maze mingled mix'd mountains Muse Naiads Nature Nature's night o'er Palemon passions peace plain pomp Prince of Wales rage rais'd rapture rills rise robe rocks roll round rous'd rural scene season shade shake shining shoot smile snow soft song soul spreads Spring storm stream stretch'd swain sweep sweet swell swift tempest tender thee Thomson thou thought thro thunder toil Typhon vale vex'd virtue walk waste wave Westminster Abbey wide wild winds wing wint'ry Winter wonders woods youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 45 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 136 - Ah little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround; They, who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste; Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Página 158 - The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage. His praise, ye brooks, attune, ye trembling rills ; And let me catch it as I muse along. Ye headlong torrents, rapid and profound ; Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Página 160 - tis nought to me: Since GOD is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where he vital breathes there must be joy.
Página 157 - 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.
Página 159 - Ye woodlands all, awake! a boundless song Burst from the groves! and when the restless day, Expiring, lays the warbling world asleep, Sweetest of birds, sweet Philomela, charm The listening shades, and teach the night His praise.
Página 96 - For home he had not: home is the resort Of love, of joy, of peace, and plenty, where, Supporting and supported, polish'd friends And dear relations mingle into bliss.
Página 137 - And heedless rambling Impulse learn to think; The conscious heart of Charity would warm, And her wide wish Benevolence dilate; The social tear would rise, the social sigh; And into clear perfection, gradual bliss, Refining still, the social passions work.
Página 34 - Up springs the lark, Shrill-voiced, and loud, the messenger of morn; Ere yet the shadows fly, he mounted sings Amid the dawning clouds, and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations.
Página 45 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven! These are the matchless joys of virtuous love; And thus their moments fly.