THE ARGUMENT. The subject proposed. Address to the Earl of Wilming ton. First approach of Winter, According to the natural course of the season, various storms described. Rain. Wind. Snow. The driving of the snows: a man perishing among them; whence reflections on the wants and miseries of human life. The wolves descending from the Alps and Appenines. A winter evening described; as spent by philosophers; by the country people; in the city. Frost. A view of Winter within the polar circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future state. SEE, WINTER comes, to rule the varied year, Vapours and Clouds, and storms. Be these my theme, And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms! $ Congenial horrors, hail! with frequent foot, Pleas'd have I wander'd through your rough domain; The Muse, O Wilmington! renews her song. Attempted thro' the Summer-blaze to rise: A firm, unshaken, uncorrupted soul, These, each exalting each, the statesman light 30 Scarce spreads thro' ether the dejected day.45 Faint are his gleams, and ineffectual shoot Thro' the thick air; as cloth'd in cloudy storm, |