The Seasons: With the Life of the Author. to which are Added Hesiod, Or the Rise of Woman and the Hermit, by Parnell. Together with Henry and Emma, by Prior1808 |
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... rage ; he now shut up Within his iron - cave , th ' effusive south Warms the wide air , and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent : At first a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce staining ether ...
... rage ; he now shut up Within his iron - cave , th ' effusive south Warms the wide air , and o'er the void of heaven Breathes the big clouds with vernal showers distent : At first a dusky wreath they seem to rise , Scarce staining ether ...
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... rage ; Sound slept the waters ; no sulphareous glooms Swell'd in the sky , and sent the lightning forth ; While sickly damps , and cold autumnal fogs , Hung not , relaxing , on the springs of life . But now , of turbid elements the ...
... rage ; Sound slept the waters ; no sulphareous glooms Swell'd in the sky , and sent the lightning forth ; While sickly damps , and cold autumnal fogs , Hung not , relaxing , on the springs of life . But now , of turbid elements the ...
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... rage : Till floating broad upon his breathless side , And to his fate abandon'd , to the shore You gaily drag your unresisting prize . Thus pass the temperate hours ; but when the Sun Shakes from his noon - day throne the scattering ...
... rage : Till floating broad upon his breathless side , And to his fate abandon'd , to the shore You gaily drag your unresisting prize . Thus pass the temperate hours ; but when the Sun Shakes from his noon - day throne the scattering ...
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... rage . The trembling steed , With this hot impulse seiz'd in every nerve , Nor heeds the rein , nor hears the sounding thong ; Blows are not felt ; but tossing high his head , And by the well - known joy to distant plains Attracted ...
... rage . The trembling steed , With this hot impulse seiz'd in every nerve , Nor heeds the rein , nor hears the sounding thong ; Blows are not felt ; but tossing high his head , And by the well - known joy to distant plains Attracted ...
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... rage , Britannia's weal ; how from the venal gulph To raise her virtue , and her arts revive . Or , turning thence thy view , these graver thoughts The Muses charm : while , with sure taste refin'd , You draw th ' inspiring breath of ...
... rage , Britannia's weal ; how from the venal gulph To raise her virtue , and her arts revive . Or , turning thence thy view , these graver thoughts The Muses charm : while , with sure taste refin'd , You draw th ' inspiring breath of ...
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amid art thou beam beauteous beauty bending beneath blooming bosom boundless breast breathes breeze bright CASTLE OF INDOLENCE charms chearful clouds Coriolanus crouds darting deep delight descends dreadful earth Emma Emma's ether exalts fair fair brow fancy fate fierce flame flocks flood gale gentle gloom glow grace Greece grove happy heart heaven Hesiod hills JAMES THOMSON light maid matchless mind mingled mix'd mountains Muse Nature Nature's night Nut-brown Maid Nymph o'er passion peace plain poison'd pomp pride race rage rapture rills rise robe rocks roll round rove rural sacred scene season shade shine silvan smiles snow soft song soul spread Spring storm stream stretch'd swain sweet swelling tempest tender thee THOMAS PARNELL Thomson thou thought thro toil trembling Twas vale vex'd virtue walk wandering waste wave wild winds wing woods youth