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... Whose gracious works both love and mercy do precede . III . Just and unjust the showers Enrich with equal dowers , With ripened corn and fruit their acres crown ; Nay , all He need would bless , Nor sheds 50 THE SEASONS .
... Whose gracious works both love and mercy do precede . III . Just and unjust the showers Enrich with equal dowers , With ripened corn and fruit their acres crown ; Nay , all He need would bless , Nor sheds 50 THE SEASONS .
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IV Rejoices now Pomona , Goddess and rightful owner Of bounty which each tree fruit - bearing yields : To her the vineyards bow , Her sovereignty allow ; The clustered grape pendant her reign reveals , The orchard fruits , in rosy hue ...
IV Rejoices now Pomona , Goddess and rightful owner Of bounty which each tree fruit - bearing yields : To her the vineyards bow , Her sovereignty allow ; The clustered grape pendant her reign reveals , The orchard fruits , in rosy hue ...
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... And each with other shared The goods th ' Almighty sent , in mutual roar , And seemed to spurn the gracious Hand , Outstretched in love to crown with fruits our favoured land . XX . Not now the drunken scene Of days which AUTUMN .
... And each with other shared The goods th ' Almighty sent , in mutual roar , And seemed to spurn the gracious Hand , Outstretched in love to crown with fruits our favoured land . XX . Not now the drunken scene Of days which AUTUMN .
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... and bread Their viands — they are fed : Contented all , no cares avail Their present merriment to foil ; They play , and sing , and dance , and thus forget their toil . E XXVI . The fruits in Autumn's reign , So many AUTUMN . 65.
... and bread Their viands — they are fed : Contented all , no cares avail Their present merriment to foil ; They play , and sing , and dance , and thus forget their toil . E XXVI . The fruits in Autumn's reign , So many AUTUMN . 65.
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... 320 To regulate the storms which round us swell , To thaw the hardened glebe , dispel the frost , For snow the genial rain ; say , who the cost Could pay , or who supply the wonted need Of after fruits , of softened , mellow glebe ?
... 320 To regulate the storms which round us swell , To thaw the hardened glebe , dispel the frost , For snow the genial rain ; say , who the cost Could pay , or who supply the wonted need Of after fruits , of softened , mellow glebe ?
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| Title | The Seasons: a Poem |
| Author | Oliver Raymond |
| Published | 1878 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 9 Aug 2006 |
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