The Seasons, Hymns, Ode, and SongsJ. W. H. Payne, 1813 - 323 pages |
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... , that by the roots of oak Rolls o'er the rocky channel , lie at large , And sing the glories of the circling year . Come , Inspiration ! from thy hermit - seat , 15 Inscribed to Mr. Dodington . By mortal seldom found :
... , that by the roots of oak Rolls o'er the rocky channel , lie at large , And sing the glories of the circling year . Come , Inspiration ! from thy hermit - seat , 15 Inscribed to Mr. Dodington . By mortal seldom found :
Page 122
... circling deep , and awes the world . ' Tis raging Noon ; and , vertical , the Sun Darts on the head direct his forceful rays . O'er heaven and earth , far as the ranging eye Can sweep , a dazzling deluge reigns ; and all From pole to ...
... circling deep , and awes the world . ' Tis raging Noon ; and , vertical , the Sun Darts on the head direct his forceful rays . O'er heaven and earth , far as the ranging eye Can sweep , a dazzling deluge reigns ; and all From pole to ...
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... circling surface . In the middle droops The strong laborious ox , of honest front , 490 Which incompos'd he shakes ; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail , Returning still . Amid his subjects safe , Slumbers the ...
... circling surface . In the middle droops The strong laborious ox , of honest front , 490 Which incompos'd he shakes ; and from his sides The troublous insects lashes with his tail , Returning still . Amid his subjects safe , Slumbers the ...
Page 131
... circling year , Returning suns and double seasons pass : Rocks rich in gems , and mountains big with mines , That on the high equator ridgy rise , Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays : Majestic woods , of every vigorous green ...
... circling year , Returning suns and double seasons pass : Rocks rich in gems , and mountains big with mines , That on the high equator ridgy rise , Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays : Majestic woods , of every vigorous green ...
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... circling Typhon , whirl'd from point to point , Exhausting all the rage of all the sky , And dire Ecnephia reign . Amid the heavens , Falsely serene , deep in a cloudy speck Compress'd , the mighty tempest brooding dwells ; Of no regard ...
... circling Typhon , whirl'd from point to point , Exhausting all the rage of all the sky , And dire Ecnephia reign . Amid the heavens , Falsely serene , deep in a cloudy speck Compress'd , the mighty tempest brooding dwells ; Of no regard ...
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Page 301 - Ye softer floods, that lead the humid maze Along the vale ; and thou, majestic main, A secret world of wonders in thyself, Sound His stupendous praise ; whose greater voice Or bids you roar, or bids your roarings fall.
Page 299 - 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.
Page 303 - tis nought to me: Since GOD is ever present, ever felt, In the void waste as in the city full; And where he vital breathes there must be joy.
Page 249 - SEE, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train ; Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme; These, that exalt the soul to solemn thought, And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms...
Page 99 - 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 the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 56 - Sits on the horizon round a settled gloom : Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life ; but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of nature. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many-twinkling leaves Of aspen tall.
Page 265 - And heedless rambling Impulse learn to think ; The conscious heart of Charity would warm, And her wide wish Benevolence dilate ; The social tear would rise, the social sigh ; And into clear perfection, gradual bliss, Refining still, the social passions work.
Page 49 - 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.
Page 88 - The whole creation round. Contentment walks The sunny glade, and feels an inward bliss Spring o'er his mind, beyond the power of kings To purchase.
Page 263 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.