The Seasons: By James ThomsonJohn Shweighauser, 1769 - 180 páginas |
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... turn the many - twinkling leaves Of afpin tall . Th ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , feem thro ' delufive lapfe Forgetful of their courfe . ' Tis filence all , And pleafing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
... turn the many - twinkling leaves Of afpin tall . Th ' uncurling floods , diffus'd In glaffy breadth , feem thro ' delufive lapfe Forgetful of their courfe . ' Tis filence all , And pleafing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
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... turn to the rural feat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In early Spring , his airy city builds , " 755 760 765 And ceaseless caws amufive ; there , well - pleas'd , 770 I might the ...
... turn to the rural feat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In early Spring , his airy city builds , " 755 760 765 And ceaseless caws amufive ; there , well - pleas'd , 770 I might the ...
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... turns the changeful neck . WHILE thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of brutes , below , rush furious into flame , And fierce defire . Thro ' all his lufty veins The bull , deep - fcorch'd ...
... turns the changeful neck . WHILE thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of brutes , below , rush furious into flame , And fierce defire . Thro ' all his lufty veins The bull , deep - fcorch'd ...
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... Turns in black eddies round : fuch is the force With which his frantic heart and finews fwell . 815 820 NOR undelighted by the boundless Spring Are the broad monsters of the foaming deep : From the deep ooze and gelid cavern rous'd ...
... Turns in black eddies round : fuch is the force With which his frantic heart and finews fwell . 815 820 NOR undelighted by the boundless Spring Are the broad monsters of the foaming deep : From the deep ooze and gelid cavern rous'd ...
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... turning thence thy view , these graver thoughts The Mufes charm : while , with fure tafte refin'd , You draw th ' inspiring ... turn , and from her eyes , Where meekened fenfe , and amiable grace , And lively sweetness dwell , enraptur'd ...
... turning thence thy view , these graver thoughts The Mufes charm : while , with fure tafte refin'd , You draw th ' inspiring ... turn , and from her eyes , Where meekened fenfe , and amiable grace , And lively sweetness dwell , enraptur'd ...
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afcending aftonish'd amid beam beauty beneath blaft blifs bloom bofom boundleſs breaft breathes breeze chearful clouds croud deep defcend diftant earth ether facred fafe fair fair brow fave fcene feafon fecret fenfe filent fimple fing firft flame flocks flood fmiles fnow foaring focial foft foftening folemn fome fong fons foreft foul fpirit froft ftand ftill ftores ftorm ftream ftrong fuch fudden funk fwain fweep fweet fwelling fwift gale gloom grove heart heaven hills JAMES THOMSON laft lefs loft luftre mingled mix'd mountains Mufe mufic Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace plain pleaſure rage rife rocks rofe roll round rous'd ſcarce ſcene shade shining ſpreads Spring ſtill tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures vaft vale wafte waſte wave whofe whoſe wide wifdom wild winds wing Winter wintry woods دو
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Página 163 - 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. Then comes THY glory in the Summer months, With light and heat refulgent.
Página 40 - O'ercharged, amid the kind oppression roll. Wide flies the tedded grain; all in a row Advancing broad, or wheeling round the field, They spread their breathing harvest to the sun, That throws refreshful round a rural smell...
Página 139 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Página 163 - Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And* every sense and every heart is joy. Then comes thy glory in the summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year...
Página 163 - 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 unconfined, And spreads a common feast for all that lives.
Página 161 - Tis done! dread Winter spreads his latest glooms, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. How dead the vegetable kingdom lies! How dumb the tuneful! horror wide extends .His desolate domain.
Página 115 - Thy country feels through her reviving arts, Plann'd by thy wisdom, by thy soul inform'd; And seldom has she known a friend like thee. But see the fading many-colour'd woods, Shade deepening over shade, the country round Imbrown; a crowded umbrage, dusk, and dun, Of every hue, from wan declining green To sooty dark.
Página 21 - And snatch'd o'er hill and dale, and wood and lawn. And verdant field, and darkening heath between, And villages embosom'd soft in trees, And spiry towns by surging columns mark'd Of household smoke, your eye excursive roams...
Página 165 - Great Source of day, best image here below Of thy Creator, ever pouring wide, From world to world, the vital ocean round, On Nature write with every beam his praise.
Página 136 - Along the mazy current. Low the woods Bow their hoar head ; and ere the languid sun Faint from the west emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.