The SeasonsA. Strahan, 1799 - 238 страници |
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... a future progeny . Many of the birds and quadru peds are retired to concealments , from which not even the calls of hunger can force them ; and the reft , iu- tent only on the preservation of a joyless being , lii AN ESSAY ON.
... a future progeny . Many of the birds and quadru peds are retired to concealments , from which not even the calls of hunger can force them ; and the reft , iu- tent only on the preservation of a joyless being , lii AN ESSAY ON.
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... force of the pathetic . On thefe accounts , writers much in- ferior in refpect to the powers of defcription and imagery , have equalled our poet in elegant and be nevolent fentiment , and perhaps excelled him in in- terefting narration ...
... force of the pathetic . On thefe accounts , writers much in- ferior in refpect to the powers of defcription and imagery , have equalled our poet in elegant and be nevolent fentiment , and perhaps excelled him in in- terefting narration ...
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... force deep - darting to the dark retreat Of vegetation , fets the fteaming Power At large , to wander o'er the vernant earth , In various hues ; but chiefly thee , gay Green ! Thou fmiling Nature's univerfal robe ! United light and ...
... force deep - darting to the dark retreat Of vegetation , fets the fteaming Power At large , to wander o'er the vernant earth , In various hues ; but chiefly thee , gay Green ! Thou fmiling Nature's univerfal robe ! United light and ...
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... force . If yet too young , and eafily deceiv'd , A worthlefs prey scarce bends your pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of Heaven , Soft difengage , and back into the ftream . G The ...
... force . If yet too young , and eafily deceiv'd , A worthlefs prey scarce bends your pliant rod , Him , piteous of his youth and the short space He has enjoy'd the vital light of Heaven , Soft difengage , and back into the ftream . G The ...
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... the aërial summit takes Th ' exciting gale ; then , fteep - defcending , cleaves The headlong torrents foaming down the hills , Even where the madness of the straiten'd stream H Turns in black eddies round : fuch is the force SPRING . 33.
... the aërial summit takes Th ' exciting gale ; then , fteep - defcending , cleaves The headlong torrents foaming down the hills , Even where the madness of the straiten'd stream H Turns in black eddies round : fuch is the force SPRING . 33.
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Страница 233 - 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.
Страница 236 - 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.
Страница 237 - When even 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...
Страница 25 - Superior heard, run through the sweetest length Of notes; when listening Philomela deigns To let them joy, and purposes, in thought Elate, to make her night excel their day. The blackbird whistles from the thorny brake; The mellow bullfinch answers from the grove; Nor are the linnets, o'er the flowering furze Pour'd out profusely, silent.
Страница 153 - With every gentle care-eluding art, To raise the virtues, animate the bliss, And sweeten all the toils of human life: This be the female dignity and praise.
Страница 24 - When first the soul of love is sent abroad, Warm through the vital air, and on the heart Harmonious seizes, the gay troops begin, In gallant thought, to plume the painted wing; And try again the long-forgotten strain, At first faint-warbled.
Страница 182 - Into his freshenM soul ; her genial hours He full enjoys; and not a beauty blows, And not an opening blossom breathes, in vain.
Страница 198 - 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...
Страница 137 - Beneath the shelter of encircling hills, A myrtle rises, far from human eye, And breathes its balmy fragrance o'er the wild...
Страница 235 - Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound his stupendous praise whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.