The seasons. To which is prefixed, the life of the author, by P. Murdoch, and an essay on the plan and manner of the poem: by J. Aikin1803 |
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... , and the ravag'd vale ; While fofter gales fucceed , at whofe kind touch , Diffolving fnows in livid torrents loft , The mountains lift their green heads to the sky . F As yet the trembling year is unconfirm❜d , And WINTER SPRING. ...
... , and the ravag'd vale ; While fofter gales fucceed , at whofe kind touch , Diffolving fnows in livid torrents loft , The mountains lift their green heads to the sky . F As yet the trembling year is unconfirm❜d , And WINTER SPRING. ...
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... head , where purple violets lurk , With all the lowly children of the shade : Or lie reclin'd beneath yon fpreading afh , Hung o'er the steep ; whence , borne on liquid wing , The founding culver shoots ; or where the hawk , High , in ...
... head , where purple violets lurk , With all the lowly children of the shade : Or lie reclin'd beneath yon fpreading afh , Hung o'er the steep ; whence , borne on liquid wing , The founding culver shoots ; or where the hawk , High , in ...
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... and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations . Every copfe Deep - tangled , tree irregular , and bush Bending with dewy moisture , o'er the heads Of the coy quirifters that lodge within , Are prodigal 24 SPRING .
... and from their haunts Calls up the tuneful nations . Every copfe Deep - tangled , tree irregular , and bush Bending with dewy moisture , o'er the heads Of the coy quirifters that lodge within , Are prodigal 24 SPRING .
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... 'd , deceive Th ' unfeeling school - boy . Hence , around the head Of wandering fwain , the white - wing'd plover wheels Her founding flight , and then directly on In long excurfion skims the level lawn , To tempt 28 SPRING .
... 'd , deceive Th ' unfeeling school - boy . Hence , around the head Of wandering fwain , the white - wing'd plover wheels Her founding flight , and then directly on In long excurfion skims the level lawn , To tempt 28 SPRING .
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... head , And by the well - known joy to distant plains Attracted strong , all wild he bursts away ; O'er rocks , and woods , and craggy mountains flies ; And , neighing , on the aërial summit takes Th ' exciting gale ; then , fteep ...
... head , And by the well - known joy to distant plains Attracted strong , all wild he bursts away ; O'er rocks , and woods , and craggy mountains flies ; And , neighing , on the aërial summit takes Th ' exciting gale ; then , fteep ...
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amid beauty beft beneath beſt bofom boundleſs breaft breathes breeze clouds courſe deep defcends defcriptive earth ether facred fafe fame fatire fcene feafon fecret feem fhade fhall fhines fhore filent fimple fing firft firſt fkies flame fleep flocks flood fmiling fnow focial foft fome fong fons foon foreft foul froft ftill ftores ftorm ftream fuch funk fwell gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf infpiring itſelf laft laſt lefs loft luftre mingled mix'd moſt mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleafing pleaſure poet praiſe rage raiſe rife round ruſhing ſcarce ſcene ſeaſon ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhe ſhower ſky ſmile ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtate ſtill ſtorm tempeft thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures uſe vale vex'd waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing Winter wintry wiſdom wonders woods
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