The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...A. Millar, 1766 |
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... still living , one of the minifters of Edinburgh , and fenior of the Chapel Royal , was no less serviceable to Mrs. Thomson in the management of her little affairs ; which , after the decease of her husband , burdened as fhe was with a ...
... still living , one of the minifters of Edinburgh , and fenior of the Chapel Royal , was no less serviceable to Mrs. Thomson in the management of her little affairs ; which , after the decease of her husband , burdened as fhe was with a ...
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... still remember fome extraordinary inftan- ces of his grief and filial duty on that occafion . MRS . Thomson , whose maiden name was Hume , and who was co - heiress of a small eftate in the country , did not fink under this misfortune ...
... still remember fome extraordinary inftan- ces of his grief and filial duty on that occafion . MRS . Thomson , whose maiden name was Hume , and who was co - heiress of a small eftate in the country , did not fink under this misfortune ...
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... runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive arch before him fly , Then vanish quite away . Still night fucceeds , 215 A foftened A foftened shade , and faturated earth Awaits the morning 10 SPRIN G.
... runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amufive arch before him fly , Then vanish quite away . Still night fucceeds , 215 A foftened A foftened shade , and faturated earth Awaits the morning 10 SPRIN G.
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... still ; Nor broad carnations , nor gay - fpotted pinks ; Nor , fhower'd from every bush , the damask - rose . Infinite numbers , delicacies , fmells , With hues on hues expreffion cannot paint , The breath of Nature , and her endless ...
... still ; Nor broad carnations , nor gay - fpotted pinks ; Nor , fhower'd from every bush , the damask - rose . Infinite numbers , delicacies , fmells , With hues on hues expreffion cannot paint , The breath of Nature , and her endless ...
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... STILL let my fong a nobler note assume , And fing th ' infufive force of Spring on Man ; 865 When heaven and earth , as if contending , vye To raise his being , and ferene his foul . Can he forbear to join the general smile Of Nature ...
... STILL let my fong a nobler note assume , And fing th ' infufive force of Spring on Man ; 865 When heaven and earth , as if contending , vye To raise his being , and ferene his foul . Can he forbear to join the general smile Of Nature ...
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amid beauty beneath beſt blaft bloom bofom boundleſs breaſt breathes breeze clouds courſe crouds deep defcends earth ether facred fafe fatire fecret fhade fhining fide filent fimple fing firft firſt flame fleep flocks flood fmile fnow focial foft foftened folemn fome fong fons foon foreft foul ftill ftorm fuch funk fwell gale gloom grace grove heart heaven hills himſelf infpiring JAMES THOMSON laft laſt loft luftre mingled mix'd mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's night o'er paffions peace pleaſure profpect rage raiſe rife round ruſhing ſcarce ſcene ſenſe ſhade ſhake ſhe ſhine ſhore ſky ſmile ſpirit ſpread Spring ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtorm ſtream ſwelling tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures uſeful vale vaſt vex'd virtue walk waſte wave whofe whoſe wild winds wing wintry wiſdom woods worfe
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Сторінка 44 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Сторінка 175 - 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.
Сторінка 176 - ... 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.
Сторінка 172 - 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...
Сторінка 176 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Сторінка 31 - The stately-sailing swan Gives out his snowy plumage to the gale, And, arching proud his neck, with oary feet Bears forward fierce, and guards his osier-isle, Protective of his young.
Сторінка 49 - Till far o'er ether spreads the widening glow And from before the lustre of her face White break the clouds away. 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 dusk 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.
Сторінка 89 - At first, heard solemn o'er the verge of Heaven, The tempest growls; but as it nearer comes, And rolls its awful burden on the wind, The lightnings flash a larger curve, and more The noise astounds...
Сторінка 146 - High hovering o'er the broad cerulean scene, Sees Caledonia, in romantic view : Her airy mountains, from the waving main, Invested with a keen diffusive sky. Breathing the soul acute : her forests huge...
Сторінка 172 - All nature reels. Till Nature's King, who oft Amid tempestuous darkness dwells alone, And on the wings of the careering wind Walks dreadfully serene, commands a calm; Then, straight, air, sea, and earth, are hush'd at once.