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... poets , are principally useful when they illustrate facts , which , by a long lapse of time may not be generally known ... poem which now engages my attention ; and which is longer by several hundred lines than the other Seasons . It has ...
... poets , are principally useful when they illustrate facts , which , by a long lapse of time may not be generally known ... poem which now engages my attention ; and which is longer by several hundred lines than the other Seasons . It has ...
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... poem which is now under my view , is , in the least degree , infe- riour to his other Seasons , for that inferiority ( which I do not venture to suppose , without an humble veneration of the Manes of this divine poet ) two reasons may ...
... poem which is now under my view , is , in the least degree , infe- riour to his other Seasons , for that inferiority ( which I do not venture to suppose , without an humble veneration of the Manes of this divine poet ) two reasons may ...
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... Poem of Liberty ; but JOHNSON , as I have already observed , from his inveterate preju dices , disliked the subject . Surely , a Poem which is adorned with the following imagery , and language , might have been perused by one , whose ...
... Poem of Liberty ; but JOHNSON , as I have already observed , from his inveterate preju dices , disliked the subject . Surely , a Poem which is adorned with the following imagery , and language , might have been perused by one , whose ...
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Aaron Hill amid Autumn beam beauty beneath blast blaze bloom boundless breast breath breeze charm Chertsey clouds dark deep delight descends dreadful EARL of BUCHAN earth ether Ev'n exalts fair fair brow fancy fate fierce flame flocks flood friends gale genius gentle gloom glowing grace Gray's Inn grove happy heart heaven hills JAMES THOMSON luxury Maidstone matchless maze mind mingled mix'd mountains Muse MUSIDORA Nature Nature's night numbers o'er PALEMON passions peace PERCIVAL STOCKDALE plain Poem poet poetical poison'd pomp pride rage rapture rills rise rocks roll round rural savage scene Seasons shade shake shining smile snow soft song soul spreads Spring storm stream stretch'd swain swelling swift tempest tender thee THOMSON thou thought thro thunder toil vale vex'd virtue walk waste wave wild winds wing Winter wintry wonders woods youth