The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...A. Millar, 1766 |
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... falls : 125 Or fcatters o'er the blooms the pungent duft 130 Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' envenom'd leaf begins to curl , B 4 With With sprinkled water drowns them in their nest ; Nor SPRING .
... falls : 125 Or fcatters o'er the blooms the pungent duft 130 Of pepper , fatal to the frofty tribe : Or , when th ' envenom'd leaf begins to curl , B 4 With With sprinkled water drowns them in their nest ; Nor SPRING .
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... falling verdure . Hufh'd in fhort fufpenfe , The plumy people streak their wings with oil , To throw the lucid moisture trickling off ; 165 And wait th ' approaching fign to strike , at once , Into the general choir . Even mountains ...
... falling verdure . Hufh'd in fhort fufpenfe , The plumy people streak their wings with oil , To throw the lucid moisture trickling off ; 165 And wait th ' approaching fign to strike , at once , Into the general choir . Even mountains ...
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... and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive arch before him fly , Then vanish quite away . Still night fucceeds , 215 A foftened A foftened shade , and faturated earth Awaits the morning 10 SPRIN G.
... and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive arch before him fly , Then vanish quite away . Still night fucceeds , 215 A foftened A foftened shade , and faturated earth Awaits the morning 10 SPRIN G.
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... Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted sweeps : Now meets the bending sky ; the river now Dimpling along , the breezy ruffled lake , 520 The foreft darkening round , the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the diftant ...
... Falls on the lengthen'd gloom , protracted sweeps : Now meets the bending sky ; the river now Dimpling along , the breezy ruffled lake , 520 The foreft darkening round , the glittering fpire , Th ' ethereal mountain , and the diftant ...
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... bill , Th ' astonish'd mother finds a vacant neft , By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns Robb'd , to the ground the vain provifion falls ; 705 710 715 Her Her pinions ruffle , and low - drooping fcarce Can 28 SPRING .
... bill , Th ' astonish'd mother finds a vacant neft , By the hard hand of unrelenting clowns Robb'd , to the ground the vain provifion falls ; 705 710 715 Her Her pinions ruffle , and low - drooping fcarce Can 28 SPRING .
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Страница 44 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 176 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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...
Страница 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.