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 Characters of the Poem on the Seasons, Volume 1Benjamin Johnson, 1804 |
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... snow . The modest virtues mingled in her eyes , Still on the ground dejected , darting all Their lumid beams into the blooming flowers . A native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polished limbs , Veil'd in a simple robe , the best ...
... snow . The modest virtues mingled in her eyes , Still on the ground dejected , darting all Their lumid beams into the blooming flowers . A native grace Sat fair proportion'd on her polished limbs , Veil'd in a simple robe , the best ...
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... appear dull and tarnished in competition with a field of snow just glazed over with frost ? By the vivid description of such objects as these , contrasted with the savage sublimity of storms and tempests , our Poet THOMSON'S SEASONS .
... appear dull and tarnished in competition with a field of snow just glazed over with frost ? By the vivid description of such objects as these , contrasted with the savage sublimity of storms and tempests , our Poet THOMSON'S SEASONS .
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... snow rolling down the precipices of the same regions ; the dreary plains over which the Laplander urges his rein deer ; the wonders of the icy sea , and volcanoes " aming thro ' a waste of snow ; " are ob- jects judiciously selected ...
... snow rolling down the precipices of the same regions ; the dreary plains over which the Laplander urges his rein deer ; the wonders of the icy sea , and volcanoes " aming thro ' a waste of snow ; " are ob- jects judiciously selected ...
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... snow - drop and the crocus first ; The daisy , primrose ; violet , darkly blue ; And Polyanthus , of unnumber'd dies ; 525 The yellow wallflower , stain'd with iron brown ; 530 And lavish stock , that scents the garden round : From the ...
... snow - drop and the crocus first ; The daisy , primrose ; violet , darkly blue ; And Polyanthus , of unnumber'd dies ; 525 The yellow wallflower , stain'd with iron brown ; 530 And lavish stock , that scents the garden round : From the ...
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... snow , and bitter - breathing frost ; Then to the shelter of the hut he fled , And the wild season , sordid , pin'd away : For home he had not ; home is the resort 45 50 55 60 65 Of love , of joy , of peace , and 92 AUTUMN .
... snow , and bitter - breathing frost ; Then to the shelter of the hut he fled , And the wild season , sordid , pin'd away : For home he had not ; home is the resort 45 50 55 60 65 Of love , of joy , of peace , and 92 AUTUMN .
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Palavras e frases frequentes
æther amid art thou Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze blooming boundless breast breathes breeze charm clouds Coriolanus deep delight descends descriptive poetry Doddington dreadful E'en earth evanescent exalted fair fair brow fancy fierce flame flocks flood gale genius gloom grace grove happy heart heaven hills insects JAMES THOMSON Lapland light luxury matchless maze mighty mind mingled mix'd mountains Muse Nature Nature's night numbers o'er Palemon passions peace plain poem poet poison'd pomp pride race racter rage rapture retir'd rills rise rocks roll round rous'd rural scarce scene season shade shake shining smile snow soft song soul spreads Spring storm stream stretch'd Summer swain swelling tempest tender thee Thomson thou thought thro toil tribes Typhon vale vex'd virtue walk waste wave whole wide wild winds wing Winter wintry wonders woods youth
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Página 32 - 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 162 - 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...
Página 159 - Ye noble few ! who here unbending stand Beneath life's pressure, yet bear up awhile, And what your bounded view, which only saw A little part, deem'd Evil, is no more ; The storms of Wintry Time will quickly pass, And one unbounded Spring encircle all.
Página 163 - There let the shepherd's flute, the virgin's lay, The prompting seraph, and the poet's lyre, Still sing the God of Seasons as they roll.
Página xxiii - wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shews him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses.
Página 161 - Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, thy tenderness and love.
Página 164 - When, e'en at last, the solemn hour shall come, And wing my mystic flight to future worlds, I cheerful will obey : there, with new powers, Will rising wonders sing. I cannot go Where universal love not smiles around...
Página 137 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Página 1 - And Winter oft at eve resumes the breeze, Chills the pale morn, and bids his driving sleets Deform the day delightless...
Página 161 - With light and heat refulgent. Then Thy sun 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 unconfin'd, And spreads a common feast for all that lives...