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Thrice happy he to see his love returned , With equal love her lovely bosom burned ; 40 To seal their happiness , confirm their bliss , They interchange the pure , enamoured kiss . Returning Spring a moral aspect shows ; A lesson learn ...
Thrice happy he to see his love returned , With equal love her lovely bosom burned ; 40 To seal their happiness , confirm their bliss , They interchange the pure , enamoured kiss . Returning Spring a moral aspect shows ; A lesson learn ...
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The Spring invites the happy hour to gain 115 The enjoyment equal of them both ; they twain Combined the patient angler now enjoysHe fishes , contemplates , away from noise ; Thus contemplation , action , fill the hour Of happy pastime ...
The Spring invites the happy hour to gain 115 The enjoyment equal of them both ; they twain Combined the patient angler now enjoysHe fishes , contemplates , away from noise ; Thus contemplation , action , fill the hour Of happy pastime ...
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Silence around him reigns , his thoughts are free To rove ' midst peaceful shades , and happy be . Before him , emblematic , flows the stream , 170 The living waves of Paradise its theme ; As crystal pure , those heavenly currents flow ...
Silence around him reigns , his thoughts are free To rove ' midst peaceful shades , and happy be . Before him , emblematic , flows the stream , 170 The living waves of Paradise its theme ; As crystal pure , those heavenly currents flow ...
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The various beasts all hail this happy hour , And yield themselves to love's enchanting power . Next , as we wander near the shaded brook , 190 We see the shepherd , laid aside his crook ( For well we might this toil his pastime deem ) ...
The various beasts all hail this happy hour , And yield themselves to love's enchanting power . Next , as we wander near the shaded brook , 190 We see the shepherd , laid aside his crook ( For well we might this toil his pastime deem ) ...
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... Forgotten all their pains , As they in humble cot await what comes : Content , they bless the happy hour Arrived to cheer their drooping hearts , and peace restore . XX . Shall we , then , now forego To SUMMER . 39.
... Forgotten all their pains , As they in humble cot await what comes : Content , they bless the happy hour Arrived to cheer their drooping hearts , and peace restore . XX . Shall we , then , now forego To SUMMER . 39.
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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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