| James Thomson - 1774 - 272 pages
...tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. 1025 How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ? How dumb the tuneful 1 Horror wide extends His defolate domain. Behold, fond Man ! See here thy pictur'd life ; pafs feme few years, Thy fiow'ring Spring, thy Summer's ardent ftrength, The fober... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 274 pages
...done ! dread Winter fpreads his lateft glooms, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. 10z5 How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the...flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent ftrength, Thy Thy fober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at laft, And fhuts the fcene. Ah... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 628 pages
...the conquer'd year. 1015 How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful ! Horror ^vide extends His defolate domain. Behold, fond man ! See...ardent ftrength, Thy fober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at laft, And muts the fcene. Ah ! whither now are fled, Thofe dreams... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 280 pages
...done ! dread Winter fpreads his lateft glooms, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. 1015 How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the...extends His defolate domain. Behold, fond man ! ' See heie thy piftur'd life; pafs fome few years, Thy flowering Spring, thy Summer's ardent ftrength, Thy... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 304 pages
...'Tis done! dread Winter fpreads his lateft glooms, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. 1025 How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful! Horror wide extends His defolato domain. Behold, fond man ! See here thy piftur'd life; pafs fome few years, Thy flowering... | |
| Select lessons - 1785 - 156 pages
...THOMSOM. done ! — Dread Wi N -r » lateft Glooms, And- reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd Year. How dead the vegetable Kingdom lies ! How dumb the...His defolate Domain. Behold, fond Man ! See here thy pictur'd Life ; pafs fome few Years Thy "flowering Spring; ' thy Summer's ardent Strength, Thy Thy... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1785 - 460 pages
...IS done ! — dread WINTER fpreads his lateft glooms, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the tuneful ! horror wide extends His dcfolate domain. Behold, fond Man ! See here thy piftur'd life, pafs fome few years : Thy flowering... | |
| John Bell - English poetry - 1787 - 510 pages
...Fate. 'Tisdone! dread Winter fpreads his lateft glooms, And reignstremendouso'ertheconqver'd year. i023 How dead the vegetable kingdom lies! How dumb the tuneful ! Horror wide extends His dcfolate domain. Behold, fond Man! See here thy piftur'd life ; pals fome few years, Thy flowering... | |
| American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...heart, which is above all tranfient pleafures, and which will fix our affections ott things above. -BEHOLD, fond man! See here thy piftur'd life : Pafs fome few years ; Thy fiow'ring fpring, thy fununer's ardent ftrength, Thy fober autumn fading into age, And pale-concluding... | |
| James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1788 - 326 pages
...fate. 'Tis done! dread WINTER fpreads his lateft glooms, And reigns tremendous o'er the conquer'd year. How dead the vegetable kingdom lies ! How dumb the...ardent ftrength, Thy fober Autumn fading into age, And pale concluding Winter comes at laft, And fhuts the fceoe. Ah ! whither now are fled, Thofe dreams... | |
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