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Born in September 11, 1700 / Died in August 27, 1748 / United Kingdom / English

Poems by James Thomson

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An Elegy on Parting

... No more your muse shall sing such mournful lays, ...

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A Poetical Epistle To Sir William Bennet, Bart. of Grubbat

... The muse folds up her wings, and dying - justice owns ...

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Fareweel, ye bughts

... CHORUS 5. Oh could my tears again bring back ...

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Farewell to Ravelrig

... And sweetest flow'rs that fend the bees: And there the tuneful tribe doth sing, ...

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Gifts

... And his rank and wealth, his strength and health, ...

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In the Train

... Let the goal be far, the flight be fleet! ...

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Sunday up the River

... As past her your light wavelets roll, ...

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The Seasons: Winter

... Returning to her nobler Theme in view --FOR, see! where Winter comes, himself, confest, ...

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The Vine

... Love sits long: Sits long and arises drunken, ...

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The Four Seasons : Summer

... the cheek, Where the live crimson, through the native white ...

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Waterfall

... It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round ...

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The Rainbow

... Moist, bright, and green, the landscape laughs around ...

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The Castle Of Indolence

... No! no!—Your heaven-touch'd hearts disdain the sordid crime!’ ...

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Noontide Retreat of Summer As a Haunt for Meditation

... Once, some of us, like thee, through stormy life ...

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To Fortune

... For pomp, and noise, and senseless show ...