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The same observation is applicable to abstrast
terms, which oughtnot to be animated unless they
have some natural dignity. I homson , in this ar-
ticle, is licentious; witness the followinginstances
out of many ;
Ovale ofbliss ! O softly swelling hills I
On which the power oj cultivation lies ,
And joys to see the wo rulers of his toil.
' Summer, I. 1435.
Then sated Hunger bids his brother Thirjl
Produce the mighty bowl :
Nor wanting is the brown Odober , drawn
Mature and perfed:, srom his dark retreat
Of thirty years ; and now his honejl sront
Flames in the light refulgent.
Autumn , I. 5 16.
Thirdly , It is not sussi cient to avoid improper
subjefts : some preparation is necessary in order
to route the mind; sor the imagination refutes its
aid, till it be warmed atleast, if not inssamed. Yet
Thomson , without the lead ceremony or prepara-
tion, introduced! each season as asenstbld being :
From brightening fields of se'- er fair disclos d ,
Child of the sun, resulgent Summer comes,
In pride of youth , and felt through Nature’s depth"
He comes attended by the sultry hours.
And ever fanning breezes , on his way ;
While from his ardent look, the turning Spring
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The same observation is applicable to abstrast
terms, which oughtnot to be animated unless they
have some natural dignity. I homson , in this ar-
ticle, is licentious; witness the followinginstances
out of many ;
Ovale ofbliss ! O softly swelling hills I
On which the power oj cultivation lies ,
And joys to see the wo rulers of his toil.
' Summer, I. 1435.
Then sated Hunger bids his brother Thirjl
Produce the mighty bowl :
Nor wanting is the brown Odober , drawn
Mature and perfed:, srom his dark retreat
Of thirty years ; and now his honejl sront
Flames in the light refulgent.
Autumn , I. 5 16.
Thirdly , It is not sussi cient to avoid improper
subjefts : some preparation is necessary in order
to route the mind; sor the imagination refutes its
aid, till it be warmed atleast, if not inssamed. Yet
Thomson , without the lead ceremony or prepara-
tion, introduced! each season as asenstbld being :
From brightening fields of se'- er fair disclos d ,
Child of the sun, resulgent Summer comes,
In pride of youth , and felt through Nature’s depth"
He comes attended by the sultry hours.
And ever fanning breezes , on his way ;
While from his ardent look, the turning Spring
B 3