The SeasonsT. Longman, 1793 - 272 страници |
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... light upon his writings ; inftances whereof we fhall meet with in the following pages . Mr. Thomfon was born at Ednam , in the fhire of Roxburgh , on the 11th of September , in the year 1700 . His father , minifter of that place , was ...
... light upon his writings ; inftances whereof we fhall meet with in the following pages . Mr. Thomfon was born at Ednam , in the fhire of Roxburgh , on the 11th of September , in the year 1700 . His father , minifter of that place , was ...
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... light perhaps than if we faw them with our eyes ; at leaft more justly delineated than in any other account extant : fo fuperior is a natural taste of the grand and beautiful , to the traditional leffons of a common virtufe . His ...
... light perhaps than if we faw them with our eyes ; at leaft more justly delineated than in any other account extant : fo fuperior is a natural taste of the grand and beautiful , to the traditional leffons of a common virtufe . His ...
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... light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all - furrounding heaven . Forth fly the tepid airs ; and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving foftnefs ftrays . Joyous , th'impatient husbandman perceives ...
... light clouds fublime , and spreads them thin , Fleecy and white , o'er all - furrounding heaven . Forth fly the tepid airs ; and unconfin'd , Unbinding earth , the moving foftnefs ftrays . Joyous , th'impatient husbandman perceives ...
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... light and shade ! where the fight dwells With growing ftrength , and ever - new delight . From the moist meadow to the wither'd hill , Led by the breeze , the vivid verdure runs , And swells , and deepens , to the cherish'd eye . The ...
... light and shade ! where the fight dwells With growing ftrength , and ever - new delight . From the moist meadow to the wither'd hill , Led by the breeze , the vivid verdure runs , And swells , and deepens , to the cherish'd eye . The ...
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... light , by thee disclos'd From the white mingling maze . Not fo the boy ; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend , Delightful , o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive arch ...
... light , by thee disclos'd From the white mingling maze . Not fo the boy ; He wondering views the bright enchantment bend , Delightful , o'er the radiant fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive arch ...
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amid beauty beneath beſt blaft bloom bluſhing bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze clouds courſe deep defcends earth ether facred fafe fair brow fatire fave fecret fhade fhine fide filent fimple fing firft firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmiles fnow focial foft folemn fome fong fons foreſt foul fpirit ftill ftores ftorm ftream ftrong fuch funk fwain fwell gale gloom grace grove guife heart heaven hills himſelf laft laſt lefs loft luftre mingled mix'd mountains Mufe mufic Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions pleaſure rage raiſe rife riſe round ruſhing ſcarce ſcene ſhade ſhake ſhe ſheds ſhines ſhoot ſhore ſhower ſky ſmile ſpreads Spring ſtate ſtill ſweep ſwift tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures vale vex'd virtue wafte waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing wintry wiſdom woods
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Страница 236 - ... 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 271 - 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.
Страница 234 - 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 232 - 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 43 - Sits on the horizon round a settled gloom : Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life ; but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of nature.
Страница 261 - Who, here entangled in the gathering ice, Take their last look of the descending sun; While, full of death, and fierce with tenfold frost, The long long night, incumbent o'er their heads, Falls horrible. Such was the Briton's * fate, As with first prow (what have not Britons dared!) He for the passage sought, attempted since So much in vain, and seeming to be shut By jealous Nature with eternal bars.
Страница 174 - Acasto's line ; and to my mind Recalls that patron of my happy life, From whom my liberal fortune took its rise; Now to the dust gone down ; his houses, lands, And once fair-spreading family, dissolved.
Страница 82 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Страница 102 - Urg'd to the giddy brink, much is the toil, The clamour much, of men, and boys, and dogs, Ere the soft fearful people to the flood Commit their woolly sides.
Страница 236 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.