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• Base Envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 283...
• Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 996...
• Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 1149...
• 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...
• But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 465...
• See, Winter comes to rule the varied year.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Winter, Line 1...
• Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise. -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- Hymn, Line 118
• A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 1285...
• And Mecca saddens at the long delay.
  -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 979...