The Contemplative Philosopher: Or, Short Essays on the Various Objects of Nature Throughout the Year; with Poetical Illus., and Moral Reflections on Each Subject, Volume 2Sherwood, Neely & Jones, 1817 - Nature study |
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... clouds away . With quickened step , Brown Night retires : Young Day pours in apace , And opens all the lawny prospect wide . The dripping rock , the mountain's misty top , Swell on the sight , and brighten with the dawn . Blue , thro ...
... clouds away . With quickened step , Brown Night retires : Young Day pours in apace , And opens all the lawny prospect wide . The dripping rock , the mountain's misty top , Swell on the sight , and brighten with the dawn . Blue , thro ...
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... clouds , those beauteous robes of heaven , Incessant rolled into romantic shapes , The dream of waking Fancy ! Broad below , Covered with ripening fruits , and swelling fast Into the perfect year , the pregnant earth And all her tribes ...
... clouds , those beauteous robes of heaven , Incessant rolled into romantic shapes , The dream of waking Fancy ! Broad below , Covered with ripening fruits , and swelling fast Into the perfect year , the pregnant earth And all her tribes ...
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... clouds , All ether softening , sober Evening takes Her wonted station in the middle air , A thousand shadows at her beck . She sends on earth ; then that of deeper die Steals soft behind ; and then a deeper still , In circle following ...
... clouds , All ether softening , sober Evening takes Her wonted station in the middle air , A thousand shadows at her beck . She sends on earth ; then that of deeper die Steals soft behind ; and then a deeper still , In circle following ...
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... clouds , they roll soft to thee , whose sun exalts , whose breath perfumes , and whose pencil paints them . ' In the delicious fruits I taste , I perceive thy unoon- fined and unexhausted bounty . Whatever pleasures I enjoy by the kind ...
... clouds , they roll soft to thee , whose sun exalts , whose breath perfumes , and whose pencil paints them . ' In the delicious fruits I taste , I perceive thy unoon- fined and unexhausted bounty . Whatever pleasures I enjoy by the kind ...
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... clouds in yonder east : Night's candles are put out : and jocund Day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain's top . SHAKSPEARE . Sweet is the breath of Morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the Sun , When first ...
... clouds in yonder east : Night's candles are put out : and jocund Day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain's top . SHAKSPEARE . Sweet is the breath of Morn , her rising sweet , With charm of earliest birds ; pleasant the Sun , When first ...
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