SEE, Winter comes to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train : Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme, These ! that exalt the soul to solemn thought, And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms ! Congenial horrors,... The Seasons - Page 127by James Thomson - 1822 - 158 pagesFull view - About this book
| James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...moral reflections on a future 'state. WINTER. SEE, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen anil sad, with all his rising train ; Vapours, and clouds,...glooms ! Congenial horrors, hail ! with frequent foot, Pleas'd have I, in my cheerful morn of life, When nurs'd by careless solitude I liv'd, And sung of... | |
| Edward Wedlake Brayley - 1816 - 946 pages
...approach of the chill season destined to immortalize his verse : • Sec ! Winter conies, to rule Ihe varied year. Sullen and sad, with all his rising train'. Vapours, and Clouds, and Storms ! HAMMERSMITH TERRACE comprises a pleasant row of houses, several of which have been occupied by persons... | |
| Richard Lobb - 1817 - 430 pages
...which he introduces Winter approaching with all the gloomy pomp of personification. See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all....and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme, These ! which exalt the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing. Welcome, kindred glooms ! Congenial horrors,... | |
| Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pages
...face, and earth and skies •' All smiling to his hot dominion leaves. Summer, /.I., See Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad with all his rising train, Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Winter, 1.1. This has violently the air of writing mechanically without taste. It is not natural that... | |
| Arthur Jewitt - 1818 - 520 pages
...your monthly publication. " See ! Winter comee to rule the varied year, Sullen and Ťad, with all hie rising train, Vapours and clouds and storms. Be these my theme, These that exult the soul to solemn thought And heavenly musing." I proceed then, without farther preface, to... | |
| James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - 1818 - 316 pages
...circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with moral reflec tims on a future state. WINTER. SEE, WINTER comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train ; [theme , Vapours, and Clouds, and Storms. Be these my These ! that exalt the soul to solemn thought,... | |
| 1819 - 328 pages
...the words of the poet, he could have said, ' Welcome, kindred glooms, Congenial horrors, hail !' ' Be these my theme, These that exalt the soul to solemn thought, And heavenly musing !' Our silence had now continued for about a quarter of an hour ; and an unusual stillness prevailed... | |
| John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...polar circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future state. SKB, Winter comes, to rule the v [theme! Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my These ! that exalt the soul to solemn thought,... | |
| Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - 1821 - 414 pages
...with the woeful countenance j) you might please believe, it would make Mess John See, Winter comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train ; Vapours, and clouds, and storms ! &c. * A purpose abandoned in the finished poem ; when the poet had it probably in anticipation to... | |
| 1822 - 278 pages
...polar circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future state. SEE, WINTER comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all...with frequent foot, Pleased have I, in my cheerful mom of life, When nursed by careless Solitude I lived, And sung of Nature with unceasing joy, Pleased... | |
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