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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... soft assemblage , listen to my song , Which thy own Season paints ; when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent , like thee . And see where surly Winter passes off , Far to the north , and calls his ruffian blasts : His blasts obey , and ...
... soft assemblage , listen to my song , Which thy own Season paints ; when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent , like thee . And see where surly Winter passes off , Far to the north , and calls his ruffian blasts : His blasts obey , and ...
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... Soft sigh'd the flute ; the tender voice was heard , Warbling the varied heart ; the woodlands round Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In consonance . Such were those prime of days . But now those white unblemish'd ...
... Soft sigh'd the flute ; the tender voice was heard , Warbling the varied heart ; the woodlands round Apply'd their quire ; and winds and waters flow'd In consonance . Such were those prime of days . But now those white unblemish'd ...
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... Soft disengage , and back into the stream The speckled captive throw . But should you lure From his dark haunt , beneath the tangled roots Of pendant trees , the monarch of the brook , Behoves you then to ply your finest art . Long time ...
... Soft disengage , and back into the stream The speckled captive throw . But should you lure From his dark haunt , beneath the tangled roots Of pendant trees , the monarch of the brook , Behoves you then to ply your finest art . Long time ...
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... soft air , the busy nations fly , Cling to the bud , and , with inserted tube , Suck its pure essence , its ethereal soul ; And oft , with bolder wing , they soaring dare The purple heath , or where the wild thyme grows , And yellow ...
... soft air , the busy nations fly , Cling to the bud , and , with inserted tube , Suck its pure essence , its ethereal soul ; And oft , with bolder wing , they soaring dare The purple heath , or where the wild thyme grows , And yellow ...
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... soft wing of vernal breezes shed , Anemonies , auriculas , enrich'd With shining meal o'er all their velvet leaves ; And full ranunculas , of glowing red . Then comes the tulip - race , where beauty plays Her idle freaks ; from family ...
... soft wing of vernal breezes shed , Anemonies , auriculas , enrich'd With shining meal o'er all their velvet leaves ; And full ranunculas , of glowing red . Then comes the tulip - race , where beauty plays Her idle freaks ; from family ...
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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