The poetical works of James Thomson, ed. with a critical mem. by W.M. Rossetti1880 |
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... turn of thought , and in the form and execution of his poems . At this date , the time for criticizing Thomson is long past his place is well fixed , and he will retain it for so long as good poetical work of the secondary or tertiary ...
... turn of thought , and in the form and execution of his poems . At this date , the time for criticizing Thomson is long past his place is well fixed , and he will retain it for so long as good poetical work of the secondary or tertiary ...
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... turns of wit , and disguised artful periods , instead of an open sincerity of sentiment flowing in a plain ... turn ; I have too much respect for your ladyship's character , either to touch it in that gay , trifling manner , or ...
... turns of wit , and disguised artful periods , instead of an open sincerity of sentiment flowing in a plain ... turn ; I have too much respect for your ladyship's character , either to touch it in that gay , trifling manner , or ...
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... turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspen tall . The uncurling floods , diffused In glassy breadth , seem through delusive lapse Forgetful of their course . ' Tis silence all , And pleasing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
... turn the many twinkling leaves Of aspen tall . The uncurling floods , diffused In glassy breadth , seem through delusive lapse Forgetful of their course . ' Tis silence all , And pleasing expectation . Herds and flocks Drop the dry ...
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... turn to the rural seat , Whose lofty elms and venerable oaks Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In early Spring , his airy city builds , And ceaseless caws amusive - there , well - pleased , I might the various polity survey ...
... turn to the rural seat , Whose lofty elms and venerable oaks Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , In early Spring , his airy city builds , And ceaseless caws amusive - there , well - pleased , I might the various polity survey ...
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... turns the changeful neck . While thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of brutes , below , rush furious into flame And fierce desire . Through all his lusty veins The bull , deep - scorched ...
... turns the changeful neck . While thus the gentle tenants of the shade Indulge their purer loves , the rougher world Of brutes , below , rush furious into flame And fierce desire . Through all his lusty veins The bull , deep - scorched ...
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amid beam beauty behold beneath blessed bloom bound breast breath bright called charms cheerful cloth clouds dark death deep delight E'en earth Edition fair fall fancy fields fire flame flood flow force gentle gilt give glory grace hand happy head heart heaven Hence hills human Italy kind land laws Liberty light live look lost mark mind mixed mountains muse nature night o'er once passions peace plain pleasing POETICAL pours pride race rage raised reign rise roll round scene Seasons shade shine shore sing smile soft song sons soul sounding spirit spread Spring storm stream sweet swelling tender thee thou thought thousand toil touch train truth turn vale various virtue waste wave whole wide wild winds wing wonders woods
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Страница 86 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Страница 319 - A pleasing land of drowsy -head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
Страница 105 - Beyond the pomp of dress : for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most.
Страница 42 - 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 dust, 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. Music awakes, The native voice of undissembled joy; And thick around the woodland hymns arise.
Страница 319 - It was, I ween, a lovely spot of ground; And there a season atween June and May, Half...
Страница 3 - To shake the sounding marsh; or from the shore The plovers when to scatter o'er the heath, And sing their wild notes to the listening waste. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. Then no more Th...
Страница 365 - Ah! what avail the largest gifts of heaven, " When drooping health and spirits go amiss? " How tasteless then whatever can be given! " Health is the vital principle of bliss,
Страница 155 - What water, of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils. These check his fearful steps; and down he sinks, Beneath the shelter of the shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death; Mixed with the tender anguish Nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man, His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him th...
Страница 9 - Amid the glad creation, musing praise, And looking lively gratitude. At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields) And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshen'd world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the forest walks, Beneath the umbrageous multitude of leaves. But who can hold the shade, while Heaven descends In universal bounty, shedding herbs, And fruits, and flowers,...
Страница 493 - DALZIEL'S ILLUSTRATED GOLDSMITH. Comprising "The Vicar of Wakefield," "The Traveller," "The Deserted Village, "The Haunch of Venison," "The Captivity: an Oratorio," "Retaliation," Miscellaneous Poems, "The Good-Natured Man," "She Stoops to Conquer,'* and a Sketch of the Life of Oliver Goldsmith by HW DULCKEN, Ph.D. With 100 Pictures, drawn by GJ PINWELL, engraved by the Brothers DALZIEL. Beautifully bound, cloth, full gilt, gilt edges, price los, 6d.