The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...A. Millar, 1766 |
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... Autumn , in a quarto edition of his works , printed in 1730 . In that edition , the Seafons are placed in their na- tural order ; and crown'd with that inimitable Hymn , in which we view them in their beautiful fucceffion , as one whole ...
... Autumn , in a quarto edition of his works , printed in 1730 . In that edition , the Seafons are placed in their na- tural order ; and crown'd with that inimitable Hymn , in which we view them in their beautiful fucceffion , as one whole ...
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... autumn was his favourite season for poetical compofition , and the deep filence of the night , the time he commonly chofe for fuch ftudies ; fo that he would often be heard walking in his library , till near morning , humming over , in ...
... autumn was his favourite season for poetical compofition , and the deep filence of the night , the time he commonly chofe for fuch ftudies ; fo that he would often be heard walking in his library , till near morning , humming over , in ...
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... AUTUMN . WINTER . A HYMN . Page 3 47 115 165 205 V. O L. II . A POEM facred to the Memory of Sir ISAAC NEWTON . BRITANNIA , a Poem . Antient and Modern ITALY compared : Being the first Part of LIBERTY , a Poem . VOL . I , I II 29 ...
... AUTUMN . WINTER . A HYMN . Page 3 47 115 165 205 V. O L. II . A POEM facred to the Memory of Sir ISAAC NEWTON . BRITANNIA , a Poem . Antient and Modern ITALY compared : Being the first Part of LIBERTY , a Poem . VOL . I , I II 29 ...
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... Autumn spread his treasures to the fun , Luxuriant and unbounded : as the sea , Far thro ' his azure turbulent domain , Your empire owns , and from a thousand shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports ; So with fuperior boon may ...
... Autumn spread his treasures to the fun , Luxuriant and unbounded : as the sea , Far thro ' his azure turbulent domain , Your empire owns , and from a thousand shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports ; So with fuperior boon may ...
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... Autumn fpies : 120 IF , brush'd from Ruffian wilds , a cutting gale Rife not , and scatter from his humid wings The clammy mildew ; or , dry - blowing , breathe 115 Untimely froft ; before whofe baleful blaft The full - blown Spring ...
... Autumn fpies : 120 IF , brush'd from Ruffian wilds , a cutting gale Rife not , and scatter from his humid wings The clammy mildew ; or , dry - blowing , breathe 115 Untimely froft ; before whofe baleful blaft The full - blown Spring ...
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amid beauty beneath beſt blaft bloom bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze clouds courſe crouds deep defcends earth ether facred fafe fatire fecret fhade fhining fide filent fimple fing firft firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmile fnow focial foft foftened folemn fome fong fons foon foreft foul ftill ftorm fuch funk fwell gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf infpiring JAMES THOMSON laft laſt loft luftre mingled mix'd mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace pleaſure profpect rage raiſe rife round ruſhing ſcarce ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhe ſhine ſhore ſky ſmile ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſwelling tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures uſeful vale vaſt vex'd virtue walk waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing wintry wiſdom woods worfe
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Seite 44 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Seite 175 - Of horrid prospect, shag the trackless plain: Nor finds the river, nor the forest, hid Beneath the formless wild; but wanders on From hill to dale, still more and more astray; Impatient flouncing through the drifted heaps, Stung with the thoughts of home; the thoughts of home Rush on his nerves, and call their vigour forth In many a vain attempt.
Seite 176 - ... they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame.
Seite 172 - Father of light and life, thou Good Supreme ! O teach me what is good ; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and vice, From every low pursuit; and feed my soul With knowledge, conscious peace, and virtue pure; Sacred, substantial, never-fading bliss...
Seite 176 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Seite 31 - The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale, And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young.
Seite 49 - Till far o'er ether spreads the widening glow And from before the lustre of her face White break the clouds away. With quickened step Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top Swell on the sight and brighten with the dawn. Blue through the dusk the smoking currents shine, And from the bladed field the fearful hare Limps awkward, while along the forest glade The wild deer trip and often turning gaze At early passenger.
Seite 89 - At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The tempest growls; but as it nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds...
Seite 146 - High hovering o'er the broad cerulean scene, Sees Caledonia, in romantic view : Her airy mountains, from the waving main, Invested with a keen diffusive sky. Breathing the soul acute : her forests huge...
Seite 172 - All nature reels. Till Nature's King, who oft Amid tempestuous darkness dwells alone, And on the wings of the careering wind Walks dreadfully serene, commands a calm; Then, straight, air, sea, and earth, are hush'd at once.