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10 The blades , their patience crowned , appear again , And grateful hail the warm and moistening rain ; The sunny rays o'er fields and plains arise , And seem with their late loss to sympathize . Nor less the flower from sleep they ...
10 The blades , their patience crowned , appear again , And grateful hail the warm and moistening rain ; The sunny rays o'er fields and plains arise , And seem with their late loss to sympathize . Nor less the flower from sleep they ...
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Behold , with patient form the angler stands Beside the river stream , whose view commands The sight of barren rock , of fertile plain , And distance bounded by the mountain chain . 150 Adown the vale is heard the murmuring rill ; Swept ...
Behold , with patient form the angler stands Beside the river stream , whose view commands The sight of barren rock , of fertile plain , And distance bounded by the mountain chain . 150 Adown the vale is heard the murmuring rill ; Swept ...
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War with each other wage , In conflict fierce engage ; 6 Winged with red lightning , ' thunder loud and dire In peals re - echoes o'er the plain ; Increased , the storm , wide spreading , holds his boisterous reign . XIX .
War with each other wage , In conflict fierce engage ; 6 Winged with red lightning , ' thunder loud and dire In peals re - echoes o'er the plain ; Increased , the storm , wide spreading , holds his boisterous reign . XIX .
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Then , hasting for the lake , Once more he strives to make Himself possessed of loved Pomona's hand : The gardener's plain costume He now must needs assume , The goddess fair to win , her love command ; Invites her prune with him the ...
Then , hasting for the lake , Once more he strives to make Himself possessed of loved Pomona's hand : The gardener's plain costume He now must needs assume , The goddess fair to win , her love command ; Invites her prune with him the ...
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X. In Autumn's wide domain , Behold on hill and plain The mighty change encircling all prevails ; The trees , late decked in green , Now russet brown are seen , And yellow leaves fall driven by the gales ; Nature assumes her yearly ...
X. In Autumn's wide domain , Behold on hill and plain The mighty change encircling all prevails ; The trees , late decked in green , Now russet brown are seen , And yellow leaves fall driven by the gales ; Nature assumes her yearly ...
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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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