THE

POETICAL WORKS

ОР

JAMES THOMSON.

COMPRISING ALL HIS

PASTORAL, DRAMATIC, LYRICAL, AND DIDACTIC POEMS

AND

A FEW OF HIS JUVENILE PRODUCTIONS.

WITH

A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR

BY THE REV. PATRICK MURDOCH, D.D., F.R.S.

AND NOTES BY NICHOLS,

DULCES ANTE OMNIA MUSE.-VIRGILIUS.

SECOND EDITION.

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1899.

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