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• Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 996...
• For still the world prevail'd, and its dread laugh, Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 233...
• Come, gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness! come.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 1...
• Base Envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 283...
• Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 1149...
• Who stemm'd the torrent of a downward age.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 1516...
• So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast, The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 1346...
• An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 1158...
• A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 1285...