The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...A. Millar, 1766 |
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... fair copies for his friend , when fuch were wanted for the prefs or for the stage . This gentle- man likewise courted the tragic muse ; and had taken for his fubject , the story of Arminius the German hero , But his play , guiltless as ...
... fair copies for his friend , when fuch were wanted for the prefs or for the stage . This gentle- man likewise courted the tragic muse ; and had taken for his fubject , the story of Arminius the German hero , But his play , guiltless as ...
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... fair profufion , yellow 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 ...
... fair profufion , yellow 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 ...
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... fair proportion running from the red , To where the violet fades into the sky . Here , awful NEWTON , the diffolving clouds Form , fronting on the fun , thy fhowery prifm ; And to the fage - inftructed eye unfold 195 200 205 210 The ...
... fair proportion running from the red , To where the violet fades into the sky . Here , awful NEWTON , the diffolving clouds Form , fronting on the fun , thy fhowery prifm ; And to the fage - inftructed eye unfold 195 200 205 210 The ...
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... And fruits , as numerous as the drops of rain Or beams that gave them birth : fhall he , fair form ! Who wears fweet fmiles , and looks erect on Heaven , E'er E'er ftoop to mingle with the prowling herd , 355 SPRING . 15.
... And fruits , as numerous as the drops of rain Or beams that gave them birth : fhall he , fair form ! Who wears fweet fmiles , and looks erect on Heaven , E'er E'er ftoop to mingle with the prowling herd , 355 SPRING . 15.
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... the winding vale its lavish stores , Irriguous , fpreads . See , how the lily drinks The latent rill , fcarce oozing thro ' the grafs , Of growth luxuriant ; or the humid bank , In In fair profufion , decks . Long let us walk 20 SPRING .
... the winding vale its lavish stores , Irriguous , fpreads . See , how the lily drinks The latent rill , fcarce oozing thro ' the grafs , Of growth luxuriant ; or the humid bank , In In fair profufion , decks . Long let us walk 20 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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