B (1744)

785-86: Par. Lost III 431-32.

1074-77: Georg. II 277-81.

Winter A (March, 1726)

6-10: Spenser's December 19, 20.

13, 14: Georg. I 318-24.

15: Job IX 9.

29--33: Cider II 325-27.

33-300: Mainly modelled on Milton's Il Penseroso, from 1. 45.

44: Penseroso 56 ff.

53-57: Winds. For. 125-28.

54: Hamlet, Act I Sc. 4, 33.

57 ff.: Pope's Winter 29. See below 1. 359.

74-76: Penseroso 132-34, Georg. II 488-89, Winds. For. 261 ff. 77-79: Comus 455-58. See Su. A 413 ff.

80-87: Browne's Brit. Past. II 1, 781-86.

88-90: Par. Lost IV 604--08.

91, 92: Penseroso 67-68, 71-72, Comus 331-33.

98 ff. Par. Lost V 746-47 (cp. "impearl" Wi. B. 98).

113: Macbeth, Act I Sc. 7, 22.

113-16: Georg. I 322-24, 333-34.

117-19: Pope's Winter 30, Par. Lost II 488–91.

119-20: Georg. IV 473-74.

124-29: Hor. Carm. Lib. I 4, 3.

127: Allegro 49-52.

133-42: Par. Lost VII 297-300, Plini Sec. Nat. Hist. V 54. (See

note to Su. C 795-813.)

143-44: Par. Reg. III 187, Pope's Spring 38.

162: Comus 598, Par. Lost VIII 76.

173–74, 178: Par. Reg. IV 413–19.

178-79: Hor. Carm. Lib. II 9, 7—8.

186-89: Macbeth, Act II Sc. 3, 59 ff., Georg. I 476-77.

190: Par. Lost III 710-11.

192-94: Matth. VIII 24-26, Mark IV 37-39, Luke VIII 23—24, Psalm CIV 29.

216-20: Par. Lost II 488-91, Riccaltoun's Winter's Day 9-12. 225: Hor. Carm. Lib I 9, 2-3.

228-29: Georg. III 368–69.

238-39: Georg. I 375-76. See Wi. E 132 f.

242 ff.: Georg. III 295-96, 318-20.

253-58: Penseroso 77-80.

273: Pope's Temple of Fame 176. 286: Ibid. 200-03.

289-90: Ibid. 184-86.

308-9: Georg. III 360.

326-28: Georg. I 43–44.

326 ff.: Par. Lost II 285-90.

340-41: Ibid. I 207-8.

349-51: Ibid. VII 410-13.

359: Pope's Winter 29.

374 ff.: Par. Lost III 333-38.

380-88: Samson Agonistes 293-306. 391: Acts VIII 23.

B (June, 1726)

193-94: Par. Lost II 263–67.

It

237-47: Armstrong's Winter 99-104. (This poem, which first appeared in print in 1770, was ready in manuscript when Thomson's Winter was published for the first time. became known to Thomson soon afterwards. See Armstrong's Miscellanies I.)

273-78: Ibid. 8-10.

C (1730)

44: Hor. Sat. Lib. I 1, 36.

45-50: Riccaltoun's Winter's Day 5-8, Par. Lost I 595–96. 58 ff.: Georg. III 440 ff.

69-72: Ibid. I 357-58. See below 128 ff. and Su. A 745 ff.

73-74: Georg. I 328-29.

125: Ibid. 395.

126: Ibid. 368.

127-28: Ibid. 362-64.

128-31: Ibid. 356-59.

154-55: Armstrong's Winter 180-84.

214-15: Hor. Carm. Lib. I 3, 4.

250-95: Par. Lost IX 640-42. See Su. A 1007 ff.

271-72: Comus 205 ff.

270: Armstrong's Winter 98.

285-89: Hor. Ep. II 39–44, Georg. II 523-24. See also Aut. A 1235-40, Wi. E 877-- 80.

290-91: De Rer. Nat. III 892-94.

296 ff. Brit. Past. II 1, 825 ff.

410-11: Penseroso 75.

471-83: Mallet's Excursion (ed. 1728) p. 71.

490: Luke XXIV 32.

497-99: Georg. II 477-82. See Aut. A 1263 ff.

515-49: Allegro 91-133.

515-18: Allegro 100-05, Armstrong's Winter 105—26,

Tatler, Nov. 17, 1709.

519-27: Philips' Cider II 411-23.

523-24: Hor. Carm. Lib. II 12, 25-27.

530-35: Savage's Wanderer (ed. 1729) p. 66.

541-42: Shaksp. Troilus, Act III Sc. 3, 79-80.

563-65: Cider II 184-88.

582-88: Armstrong's Winter 12—18.

592: Savage's Wand. (ed. 1729) p. 6.

630-35: Armstrong's Winter 75-79. See also above ll. 45—50. 650-87: Mallet's Excursion (ed. 1728) p. 28.

666-67: Armstrong's Winter 28, 29.

672-73: Ibid. 28, 29.

675-77: Par. Lost I 207-8. See Wi. A 340-41.

688-700: Georg. III 356-83.

E (1744)

119-20: Georg. I 454.

125: Ibid. 433.

128-29: Ibid. 365-67.

131: Ibid. 369.

132-33: Ibid. 375-76. See Wi. A 238f., Su. A 752 f., Spring A 188f.

134-37: Georg. I 390-92.

139-42: Ibid. 381-82.

143-44: Ibid. 403, Mallet's Excursion (ed. 1728) p. 23.

144-45: Georg. I 361-62.

148-49: Ibid. 356-57.

158: En. I 89.

175: Armstrong's Winter 182-83.

479-89: Pope's Temple of Fame 174–75.

662: Hor. Carm. Lib. I 1, 2.

816-26: Georg. III 369-75.

834-42: Par. Lost I 351-55.

867-73: Par. Lost X 678-85.

877-80: Hor. Ep. II 36-44. See Wi. C 285 ff.

894-901: En. I 52-57, Savage's Wanderer (ed. 1729) p. 4, 5. 902: Mallet's Excursion (ed. 1728) p. 28.

950-87: Aaron Hill's Northern Star, publ. 1718. See also Aut. A 43 ff.

A Hymn (A, 1730)

Founded chiefly upon the 148 th Psalm and upon Par. Lost V 153-208.

40: Par. Lost V 197.

43 f.: Ibid. 192-93.

46, 47: Ibid. 193-94, Pope's Eloisa 155-56.

51 ff.: Par. Lost V 195-96.

69-72: Ibid. 171-74.

84-86: Penseroso 56-58.

91 ff. Ibid. 161 ff.

107 ff.: Hor. Carm. Lib. I 22, 17 ff.

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