The Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and Improvements. ...A. Millar, 1766 |
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الصفحة xxvi
... rural im provement and exercife . Although he performed on no inftrument , he was paffionately fond of mufic , and would fometimes liften a full hour at his window to the nightingales in Richmond gardens . While abroad , he had been ...
... rural im provement and exercife . Although he performed on no inftrument , he was paffionately fond of mufic , and would fometimes liften a full hour at his window to the nightingales in Richmond gardens . While abroad , he had been ...
الصفحة xxxi
... again adieu ! X. The genial meads affign'd to blefs Thy life , fhall mourn thy early doom , Their hinds , and fhepherd - girls fhall drefs With fimple hands thy rural tomb . 1 Long , XI . Long , long , thy stone , and Ο xxxi D E.
... again adieu ! X. The genial meads affign'd to blefs Thy life , fhall mourn thy early doom , Their hinds , and fhepherd - girls fhall drefs With fimple hands thy rural tomb . 1 Long , XI . Long , long , thy stone , and Ο xxxi D E.
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... rural MARO fung To wide - imperial ROME , in the full height Of elegance and tafte , by GREECE refin'd . In antient times , the facred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : And fome , with whom compar'd your infect ...
... rural MARO fung To wide - imperial ROME , in the full height Of elegance and tafte , by GREECE refin'd . In antient times , the facred plough employ'd The kings , and awful fathers of mankind : And fome , with whom compar'd your infect ...
الصفحة 19
... rural fcenes ; fuch as the Mantuan fwain Paints in the matchlefs harmony of fong . 451 Or catch thyself the landfkip , gliding swift 455 Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods and waters lull'd , And loft in lonely ...
... rural fcenes ; fuch as the Mantuan fwain Paints in the matchlefs harmony of fong . 451 Or catch thyself the landfkip , gliding swift 455 Athwart imagination's vivid eye : Or by the vocal woods and waters lull'd , And loft in lonely ...
الصفحة 30
... rural feat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , 765 In early Spring , his airy city builds , And ceafelefs caws amufive ; there , well - pleas'd , I might the various polity furvey Of ...
... rural feat , Whofe lofty elms , and venerable oaks , Invite the rook , who high amid the boughs , 765 In early Spring , his airy city builds , And ceafelefs caws amufive ; there , well - pleas'd , I might the various polity furvey Of ...
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الصفحة 44 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 176 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.