 | James Thomson - 1811 - 182 pages
...forth. Bnt who can paint .Like natare ? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hnes like hers? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In ev'ry bnd that blows ? If fancy then Uneqnal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah what shall langnage... | |
 | James Thomson - 1813 - 346 pages
...mind. Behold yon breathing prospect bids the muse Throw all her beauty forth. But who can paint 465 Like Nature ? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay...matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears Influence of the Season on Vegetablel. In every bud that blows ? If fancy then 470 Unequal fails beneath... | |
 | James Thomson, Samuel Johnson - 1813 - 180 pages
...tranquil mind. Behold yon breathing prospect bids the muse Throw all her beauty forth. But who can paiut Like Nature? Can Imagination boast, Amid its gay creation,...matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears Jn every bu d that blows ! If Fancy then Unequal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah! what shall Language... | |
 | Charles Marshall - Fish ponds - 1813 - 464 pages
...the poet, Who can paint like nature F Can imagination boast Amidst its gay creation, hues like hers? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears la -every bud that blows ?•• • • THOMSON^ "Not only the colours of Flowers delight the eye,... | |
 | James Hervey - Devotional literature - 1813 - 404 pages
...hues like these ? And can he mix them with that matchless skill, And lay them on so delicately fine, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows ? THOMP. Spriug. getable parts of his creation ; will not, cannot, neglect his own people. — Fear... | |
 | James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...forth. But who can paint Like nature ? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creatiort, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In ev'ry bud that blows ? If fancy then Unequal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah what shall language... | |
 | Richard Lobb - Nature study - 1817 - 430 pages
...discussion to too great a length, I will conclude with the following animated lines from Thomson : Who can paint Like nature? Can Imagination boast Amid its gay creation, hues like hers? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every... | |
 | England - 1839 - 894 pages
...of thought, as now and then a spring shower dropping through the sunshine enlivens a stream . " But who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like ben ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every... | |
 | James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - Laziness - 1818 - 316 pages
...disturb, the tranquil mind. ^ Behold yon breathing prospect bids the Muse Throw all her beauty forth. But who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every... | |
 | John Milford - Europe - 1818 - 306 pages
...spot. It is impossible to give an adequate idea of these delightful environs : * . * - ." t ' ' But who can paint Like Nature ? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ?" " If fancy then Unequal fails beneath the pleasing task, Ah, what shall language do ? Ah, where... | |
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But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers ? Or can it mix them with that matchless skill, And lose them in each other, as appears In every bud that blows... 
