The seasons; with his life, by mr. Murdoch1806 |
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... fields the sower stalks , With measur'd step ; and liberal throws the grain 45 Into the faithful bosom of the ground : The harrow follows harsh , and shuts the scene , Be gracious , Heaven ! for now laborious Man Hath SPRING .
... fields the sower stalks , With measur'd step ; and liberal throws the grain 45 Into the faithful bosom of the ground : The harrow follows harsh , and shuts the scene , Be gracious , Heaven ! for now laborious Man Hath SPRING .
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... fields , Where freshness breathes , and dash the trembling drops From the bent bush , as thro'.the verdant maze Of sweet - briar hedges I pursue my walk ; 105 Or taste the smell of dairy ; or ascend Some eminence , AUGUSTA , in thy ...
... fields , Where freshness breathes , and dash the trembling drops From the bent bush , as thro'.the verdant maze Of sweet - briar hedges I pursue my walk ; 105 Or taste the smell of dairy ; or ascend Some eminence , AUGUSTA , in thy ...
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... fields ; And , softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops , let all their moisture flow , In large effusion , o'er the freshened world . 160 165 170 175 The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard , By SPRING .
... fields ; And , softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops , let all their moisture flow , In large effusion , o'er the freshened world . 160 165 170 175 The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard , By SPRING .
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... fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amusive arch before him fly , Then vanish quite away . Still night succeeds , 210 215 A softened shade , and saturated earth Awaits the morning - beam to give to ...
... fields , and runs To catch the falling glory ; but amaz'd Beholds th ' amusive arch before him fly , Then vanish quite away . Still night succeeds , 210 215 A softened shade , and saturated earth Awaits the morning - beam to give to ...
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... , how the lily drinks The latent rill , scarce oozing thro ' the grass , Of growth luxuriant ; or the humid bank , In fair profusion , decks . Long let us walk , 495 Where the breeze blows from yon extended field Of blossom'd 18 SPRING .
... , how the lily drinks The latent rill , scarce oozing thro ' the grass , Of growth luxuriant ; or the humid bank , In fair profusion , decks . Long let us walk , 495 Where the breeze blows from yon extended field Of blossom'd 18 SPRING .
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Términos y frases comunes
amid art thou astonish'd beam beauty beneath blast blaze bliss blooming boundless breast breathes breeze Castle of Indolence charm Cincinnatus clouds Coriolanus dark darting deep delight deluge descends dreadful earth ether exalts fair fair brow faithless fancy fierce flame flocks flood gale gentle glebe gloom glowing grace grove happy heart heaven hills light lustre luxury Lycurgus matchless maze mind mingled mix'd mountains Muse Naiads Nature Nature's night o'er Palemon passions peace plain poison'd pomp pride rage rapture rills rise rocks roll round rous'd rural scarce scene season shade shake shining shoot smile snow soft song soul spreads Spring storm stream stretch'd swain sweet swell swift tempest tender thee THOMSON thou thought thro thunder toil tragic Muse vale vex'd virtue walk waste wave wide wild winds wing Winter wintry wonders woods youth
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Página 180 - THESE, as they change, ALMIGHTY FATHER, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of THEE. Forth in the pleasing Spring THY beauty walks, THY tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Página 181 - Where o'er the rock the scarcely waving pine Fills the brown shade with a religious awe. And ye, whose bolder note is heard afar, Who shake the astonished world, lift high to heaven The impetuous song, and say from whom you rage.
Página 157 - What water) of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils. These check his fearful steps; and down he sinks Beneath the shelter of the shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death, Mix'd with the tender anguish Nature shoots Thro' the wrung bosom of the dying Man, His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him th...
Página 21 - The cavern'd bank, his old secure abode ; And flies aloft, and flounces round the pool, Indignant of the guile. With yielding hand, That feels him still, yet to his furious course Gives way, you, now retiring, following now Across the stream, exhaust his idle rage : Till floating broad upon his breathless side, And to his fate abandon'd, to the shore You gaily drag your unresisting prize.
Página 80 - And following slower, in explosion vast, The Thunder raises his tremendous voice. 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 : till over head a sheet Of livid flame discloses wide ; then shuts, And opens wider ; shuts and opens still Expansive, wrapping ether in a blaze.
Página 158 - Into the horrors of the gloomy jail? Unpitied and unheard, where misery moans; Where Sickness pines; where Thirst and Hunger burn, And poor Misfortune feels the lash of Vice.
Página 7 - COME, gentle SPRING, ethereal Mildness, come, And from the bosom of yon dropping cloud, While music wakes around, veil'd in a shower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend.
Página 43 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe th' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 181 - Works in the secret deep ; shoots steaming thence The fair profusion that o'erspreads the spring ; Flings from the sun direct the flaming day ; Feeds every creature ; hurls the tempest forth, And, as on earth this grateful change revolves, With transport touches all the springs of life. Nature, attend ! join, every living soul Beneath the spacious temple of the sky, In adoration join ; and ardent raise One general song ! To Him, ye vocal gales, Breathe soft, whose spirit in your freshness breathes.
Página 182 - While cloud to cloud returns the solemn hymn. Bleat out afresh, ye hills : ye mossy rocks, Retain the sound: the broad responsive low, Ye valleys, raise; for the Great Shepherd reigns; And his unsuffering kingdom yet will come. Ye woodlands...