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James Thomson
1700 - 1748
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A Poem Sacred to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton
Shall the great soul of Newton quit this earth, / To mingle with his stars; and every muse, / Astonish'd into silence, shun the weight
Fareweel, ye bughts
Fareweel, ye bughts, an' all your ewes, / An' fields whare bIoomin' heather grows; / Nae mair the sportin' lambs I'll see
Farewell to Ravelrig
Sweet Ravelrig, I ne'er could part / From thee, but wi' a dowie heart. / When I think on the happy days
Hymn on Solitude
Hail, mildly pleasing Solitude, / Companion of the wise and good, / But from whose holy piercing eye
Rule, Britannia!
When Britain first, at Heaven's command, / Arose from out the azure main, / This was the charter of the land,
The Castle of Indolence
O mortal man, who livest here by toil, / Do not complain of this thy hard estate; / That like an emmet thou must ever moil,
The Seasons: Summer
From brightening fields of ether fair-disclos'd, / Child of the sun, refulgent Summer comes, / In pride of youth, and felt through nature's depth:
The Seasons: Winter
See! Winter comes, to rule the varied Year, / Sullen, and sad; with all his rising Train, / Vapours, and Clouds, and Storms: Be these my Theme,
Summer [excerpt]
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The Seasons: Spring
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