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And trees, and shrubs, no longer budding seen,
Display the new-grown branch of lighter green;
On airy downs the shepherd idling lies,
And sees to-morrow in the marbled skies.

2) TWILIGHT REPOSE; MIDNIGHT STORM OF THUNDER AND LIGHT *).

Still twilight, welcome! Rest, how sweet art thou!

Now eve o'erhangs the western cloud's thick brow:
The far-stretch'd curtain of retiring light,

With fiery treasures fraught; that on the sight
Flash from its bulging sides, where, darkness lours,
In Fancy's eye, a chain of mould'ring tow'rs;
Or craggy coasts just rising into view,
Midst jav'lins dire, and darts of streaming blue.

Anon tir'd labourers bless their shelt'ring home,
When midnight, and the frightful tempest come.
The Farmer wakes, and sees with silent dread
The angry shafts of Heaven gleam round his bed;
The bursting cloud reiterated roars,

Shakes his straw roof, and jars his bolted doors:
The slow-wing'd storm along the troubled skies
Spreads its dark course; the wind begins to rise;
And full-leaf'd elms, his dwelling's shade by day,
With mimic thunder give its fury way,
Sounds in his chimney top a doleful peal,
Midst pouring rain, or gusts of rattling hail;
With tenfold danger low the tempest bends,

And quick and strong the sulphurous flame descends:
The fright'ned mastiff from his kennel flies,

And cringes at the door with piteous cries.

Where now's the trifler? where the child of pride? These are the moments when the heart is try'd! Nor lives the man with conscience e'er so clear, But feels a solemn, reverential fear; Feels to a joy relieve his aching breast,

*) Summer.

When the spent storm hath howl'd itself to rest.
Still, welcome beats the long continued show'r,
And sleep protracted, comes with double pow'r;
Calms dreams of bliss bring on the morning sun,
For every barn is fill'd, and harvest done!

3) AUTUMNAL EVENINGS; A WELCOME TO THE SNOWY NIGHTS OF WINTER *).

In safety hous'd, throughout Night's length'ning reign,

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The cock sends forth a loud and piercing strain;
More frequent, as the glooms of midnight flee,
And hours roll round, that brought him liberty.
When Summer's early dawn, mild, clear, and bright,.
Chas'd quick away the transitory night:
Hours now in darkness veil'd; yet loud the scream
Of geese impatient for the playful stream;
And all the feather'd tribe imprison'd raise
Their morning notes of inharmonious praise;
And many a clamorous hen and cockrel gay,
When daylight slowly through the fog breaks way,
Fly wantonly abroad: but ah, how soon

The shades of twilight follow hazy noon,
Short'ning the busy day!

day that slides by
Amidst th' unfinish'd toils of husbandry:
Toils still each morn resum'd with double care,
To meet the icy terrors of the year;

To meet the threats of Boreas undismay'd,
And Winter's gathering frowns and hoary head.

Then welcome, cold; welcome, ye snowy nights!
Heaven midst your rage shall mingle pure delights,
And confidence of hope the soul sustain,
While devastation sweeps along the plain:
Nor shall the child of poverty despair,

But bless the Power that rules the changing year;
Assur'd, tho' horrors round his cottage reign,
That Spring will come, and Nature smile again,

*) Autumn.

4) ADDRESS TO THE DEITY *).

Eternal Power! from whom those blessings flow,

Teach me still more to wonder, more to know:
Seed-time and Harvest let me see again;

Wander the leaf-strewn wood, the frozen plain :
Let the first flower, corn-waving field, plain, tree,
Here round my home, sill lift my soul to Thee;
And let me ever, midst thy bounties, raise
An humble note of thankfulness and praise.

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1) An Account of the greatest English Poets,

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3) Advantages of retiring from the world

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BUTLER [SAMUEL]

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Arms and equipage of Sir Hudibras

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CAMPBELL [GEORGE]

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