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... ftill living * , one of the minifters of Edinburgh , and fenior of the Chapel - Royal , was no lefs ferviceable to Mrs. Thomson in the management of her little affairs , which , after the decease of her husband , burdened as fhe was ...
... ftill living * , one of the minifters of Edinburgh , and fenior of the Chapel - Royal , was no lefs ferviceable to Mrs. Thomson in the management of her little affairs , which , after the decease of her husband , burdened as fhe was ...
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... Lord Bishop of Derry , who , upon converfing with Mr. Thomson , and finding in him qualities greater ftill , and of more value , than thofe of poet , received him into his intimate confidence 1 friendship xii LIFE OF THOMSON .
... Lord Bishop of Derry , who , upon converfing with Mr. Thomson , and finding in him qualities greater ftill , and of more value , than thofe of poet , received him into his intimate confidence 1 friendship xii LIFE OF THOMSON .
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... ftill " A natural circumftance , that , to the beft of my remembrance , " hath escaped even the natural Theocritus . Nor do I recollea " that any poct hath been ftruck with the murmurs of the num- " berlefs infects that fwarm abroad at ...
... ftill " A natural circumftance , that , to the beft of my remembrance , " hath escaped even the natural Theocritus . Nor do I recollea " that any poct hath been ftruck with the murmurs of the num- " berlefs infects that fwarm abroad at ...
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... ftill augmented , " by an examination and developement of the beauties in the " loves of the birds , in Spring , ver . 580 .; a view of the torrid 26 zone , in Summer , ver . 626 .; the rife of fountains and rivers , " in Autumn , ver ...
... ftill augmented , " by an examination and developement of the beauties in the " loves of the birds , in Spring , ver . 580 .; a view of the torrid 26 zone , in Summer , ver . 626 .; the rife of fountains and rivers , " in Autumn , ver ...
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... ftill , and of more general concern , the death of Lord Talbot himfelf ; which Mr. Thomfon fo pathetically and fo juftly la- ments in the poem dedicated to his memory . In him the nation faw itself deprived of an uncorrupted pa- triot ...
... ftill , and of more general concern , the death of Lord Talbot himfelf ; which Mr. Thomfon fo pathetically and fo juftly la- ments in the poem dedicated to his memory . In him the nation faw itself deprived of an uncorrupted pa- triot ...
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amid arts beft behold beneath beſt blifs boundleſs breaſt breath Britons clouds deep defcends delight earth ether facred fafe fair fame fatire fave fcene feas fecret fhade fhines fhore fhould filent fing firft firſt fkies flame fleep flood fmile fnows focial foft fome fong fons foul ftate ftill ftores ftorm ftrain ftream fuch funk fweet fwell gale gloom glory grace Greece heart heaven himſelf JAMES THOMSON laft land laſt lefs Liberty light loft mix'd mountains Mufe Muſe Nature Nature's o'er paffions peace pleaſing pleaſure pour'd pride rage rais'd raiſe reign rife rofe Rome round rous'd ſcene ſhade ſhakes ſhe ſhore ſky ſmile ſpirit ſpread ſprings ſtate ſtill ſtorm tempeft thee thefe theſe thofe Thomſon thoſe thou thouſand thro toil treaſures tyrant vale virtue wafte waſte wave whence whofe whoſe wild winds Wiſdom
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Page 203 - Ah little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain.
Page 73 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot...
Page 231 - Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And* every sense and every heart is joy. Then comes thy glory in the summer months, With light and heat refulgent. Then thy sun Shoots full perfection through the swelling year...
Page 231 - Shoots full perfection through the swelling year: And oft thy voice in dreadful thunder speaks, And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve, By brooks and groves in hollow-whispering gales. Thy bounty shines in Autumn unconfined, And spreads a common feast for all that lives.
Page 184 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Page 200 - Along the mazy current. Low the woods Bow their hoar head ; and ere the languid sun Faint from the west emits his evening ray, Earth's universal face, deep hid and chill, Is one wild dazzling waste, that buries wide The works of man.
Page 155 - Though restless still themselves, a lulling murmur made. Joined to the prattle of the purling rills, Were heard the lowing herds along the vale, And flocks loud-bleating from the distant hills, And vacant shepherds piping in the dale : And now and then sweet Philomel would wail, Or stock-doves...
Page 53 - Hail, Source of Being ! Universal Soul Of Heaven and Earth ! Essential Presence, hail ! To Thee I bend the knee ; to Thee my thoughts Continual climb ; who, with a master-hand, Hast the great whole into perfection touch'd.
Page 157 - While o'er th' enfeebling lute his hand he flung, And to the trembling chords these tempting verses sung: 'Behold, ye pilgrims of this earth, behold! See all but man with unearned pleasure gay ! See her bright robes the butterfly unfold, Broke from her wintry tomb in prime of May. What youthful bride can equal her array? Who can with her for easy pleasure vie? From mead to mead with gentle wing to stray, From flower to flower on balmy gales to fly, Is all she has to do beneath the radiant sky.
Page 72 - But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend. Tis not the coarser tie of human laws, Unnatural oft, and foreign to the mind, That binds their peace ; but harmony itself, Attuning all their passions into love ; Where friendship...