The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year : with Poetical Illustrations, and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2G.G. and J. Robinson, F. and C. Rivington, W. Bent, Longman and Rees, and J. Mawman, 1800 |
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... whofe fun exalts , whofe breath perfumes , and whofe pencil paints them ' . In the delicious fruits I tafte , I perceive thy uncon- fined and unexhaufted bounty . Whatever pleafures I enjoy by the kind communication of my fenfes , fhall ...
... whofe fun exalts , whofe breath perfumes , and whofe pencil paints them ' . In the delicious fruits I tafte , I perceive thy uncon- fined and unexhaufted bounty . Whatever pleafures I enjoy by the kind communication of my fenfes , fhall ...
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... world " . And fuch are the fentiments of the poet of the Seafons , whofe foul was fo capable of enjoying , and his genius of defcribing , the pleasures of the Morn- Falfly luxurious , will not man awake ; And , ing : NUMBER XLII . II.
... world " . And fuch are the fentiments of the poet of the Seafons , whofe foul was fo capable of enjoying , and his genius of defcribing , the pleasures of the Morn- Falfly luxurious , will not man awake ; And , ing : NUMBER XLII . II.
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... whofe verdure clad Her univerfal face with pleafant green ; Then herbs of every leaf that fudden flower'd , Opening their various colours , and made gay Her bofom fmelling fweet .. With high woods the hills were crown'd , With tufts the ...
... whofe verdure clad Her univerfal face with pleafant green ; Then herbs of every leaf that fudden flower'd , Opening their various colours , and made gay Her bofom fmelling fweet .. With high woods the hills were crown'd , With tufts the ...
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... Whofe bleatings wake the vocal hills afar . The traveller , too , purfues his early road , Among the dews of Morn . Aurora calls : And all the living landscape moves around . But fee , the flufh'd horizon flames intense With vivid red ...
... Whofe bleatings wake the vocal hills afar . The traveller , too , purfues his early road , Among the dews of Morn . Aurora calls : And all the living landscape moves around . But fee , the flufh'd horizon flames intense With vivid red ...
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... whofe fweet fong proclaims the approach of day , I aspire to thee , O God , the Father of the Creation . The cheerfulness and joy that infpires all Nature , and this univerfal renovation of life and beauty , invite me alfo to raise my ...
... whofe fweet fong proclaims the approach of day , I aspire to thee , O God , the Father of the Creation . The cheerfulness and joy that infpires all Nature , and this univerfal renovation of life and beauty , invite me alfo to raise my ...
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