 | English philology - 1908 - 718 pages
...o'er the world, «« Thro' nature shedding influence malign, And rouzes all the seeds of dark disease. The soul of man dies in him, loathing life, And black with horrid views. The cattle droop The conscious head; and o'er the furrow' d land, «s Red from the plow,... | |
 | James Thomson - Seasons - 1908 - 408 pages
...o'er the world, «0 Thro' nature shedding influence malign, And rouzes all the seeds of dark disease. The soul of man dies in him, loathing life, And black with horrid views. The cattle droop The conscious head; and o'er the furrow'd land, «5 Red from the plow,... | |
 | Armin Blau - 1910 - 166 pages
...weckt beim Herannahen des Winters das Trauern und der Verfall der Natur im Menschen trübe Stimmungen : The soul of man dies in him, loathing life, And black with more than melancholy views etc. WE 61 f. Daher des Dichters Lieblingsaufenthalt beim großen Scheiden der frohen Natur im Herbst:... | |
 | Gardening - 1901 - 604 pages
...longcontinued fogs, depress even temperaments which rose superior to the discouragements of dark December — " The soul of man dies in him, loathing life, And black with more than melancholy gloom " Yet compensation is the law of life, as Gray's beautiful ode reminds us — " Behind the steps... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...oppressive o'er the world Through Nature shedding influence malign, And rouses up the seeds of dark disease. AP; LiTB; NAEL-2; NOBE; NOBVV; NoP; OBNC; OPOP; PBWP; PoE; PoEL-5; TEP; TrGrPo; WeW; W 8 Lo, thus, as prostrate, 'In the dust I write My heart's deep languor and my soul's sad tears.' Yet... | |
 | Maria Bryan Harford Connell - Biography & Autobiography - 1996 - 458 pages
...tinged and damp, and congregated clouds, and all the turbulence of heavens involve the face of things. The soul of man dies in him, loathing life, and black with more than melancholy views," (see James Thomson's Seasons—"Winter"). Yet she has been all life and energy and cheerfulness. What... | |
 | John Passarella - Fiction - 2004 - 496 pages
...oppressive o'er the world Through Nature shedding influence malign, And rouses up the seeds of dark disease. The soul of man dies in him, loathing life, And black with more than melancholy views." —James Thomson (1700-1748) "Evil is easy, and has infinite forms." —Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) WITHER'S... | |
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And all the vapoury turbulence of Heaven, Involve the face of things. Thus Winter falls, A heavy gloom oppressive o'er the world, Through Nature shedding influence malign, And rouses up the seeds of dark disease. The soul of man dies in him, loathing... 
