Autumn nodding o'er the yellow plain.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748)
-- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 2
-- James Thomson (1700-1748)
-- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 2
Related:
- Loveliness
Needs not the foreign aid of ornament,
But is when unadorn'd,
adorn'd the most. -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -... - For still the world prevail'd, and its dread laugh,
Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn. -- James... - He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Autumn,... - A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate
Of mighty monarchs.
James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer,... - Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears
Her snaky crest.
James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring,... - And Mecca saddens at the long delay.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748)
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The Seasons, Summer, Line... - Base Envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring,... - But yonder comes the powerful king of day,
Rejoicing in the east.
James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer,... - Come, gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness! come.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748)
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The Seasons, Spring, Line...
