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" In vain for him th' officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing and the vestment warm; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he... "
The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verses; Selected from the Best ... - Page 214
by Lindley Murray - 1830 - 252 pages
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas! 315 Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold; Nor...vitals creeping cold, Lays him along the snows, a stiffened corse; 320 Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the northern blast. AH little think the gay licentious...
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Literary Hours: Or, Sketches Critical and Narrative, Volume 1

Nathan Drake - English literature - 1800 - 482 pages
...vestment warm : In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire With tears of artless innocence. Alas! Nor wife, nor...more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. Winter, 311. NUMBER II. • Lucretius • Doctrina solers idem, clarusque Poeta, Antiqui vatis reparat...
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The Beauties of the Poets:: Being a Collection of Moral and Sacred Poetry ...

English poetry - 1800 - 322 pages
...the vestment warm ; In vain his little children peeping out Into the mingled storm, demand their sire With tears of artless innocence. Alas! Nor wife, nor children more shall he behold, Nor f'iifiids, nor sacred home. On ev'ry nerve The deadly winter seizes; shuts up sense; And o'er his inmost...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson

James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...vestment warm; In vain his little children , peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife , nor children , more shall he behold , I Nor friends , nor sacred home. On every nerve ; The deadly Winter seizes ; shuts up sense ; ; And...
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The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...vestment warm; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife,...vitals creeping cold, Lays him along the snows, a stiffened corse, Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the northern blast. Ah little think the gay licentious...
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The works of mr. James Thomson, to which is prefixed the life of ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...vestment warm; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas! Nor wife, nor...vitals creeping cold, Lays him along the snows, a stiffened corse, Stretch'd out, and bleaching in the northern blast. Ah little think the gay licentious...
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The Seasons ...

James Thomson - English poetry - 1802 - 320 pages
...vestment warm; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife,...shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home. On ev'ry nerve The deadly Winter seizes; shuts up sense; And, o'er his inmost vitals creeping cold, Lays...
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The seasons; with the life of the author. To which are added Hesiod, or the ...

James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...vestment warm; In vain his little children , peeping out Into the mingling storm , demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife,...home. On every nerve The deadly Winter seizes ; shuts np sense ; And , o'er his inmost vitals creeping cold , Lays him along the snows , a stiffened corse...
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Monthly Review; Or Literary Journal Enlarged

1803 - 572 pages
...vestment wa- m ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand thrir sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife,...more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home." The word officious is here used in its primitive though not most nsual signification, of doing good...
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The seasons. To which is prefixed the life of the author

James Thomson - 1803 - 186 pages
...their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! If or wife, nor children, more shall he hehold. Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve The deadly Winter seizes ; shuts up sense ; And, o'er his imnost vitals creeping cold, Stretch'd out and hleaching in the northern hlast. Lays him along the...
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