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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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Sweet Valley, Say

...   That drops this tear, that swells this groan: ...

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Dawn In Summer

... Blue, through the dusk, the smoking currents shine ...

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To Amanda - Come, Dear Amanda, Quit The Town

... Come, let us mark the gradual spring, ...

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On The Report That A Wooden Bridge Was To Be Built At Westminster

... Given herds, and flocks, and villages increase, ...

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Happiness of a Country Life

... Vile intercourse! What though the glitt'ring robe, ...

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He, when young Spring protrudes the bursting gems

... He, when young Spring protrudes the bursting gems, ...

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An Elegy Upon James Therburn, In Chatto

... Should be jobbed on baith night and day ...

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Hymn To God's Power

... While through the air, the earth, and seas, ...

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Lines On Marle Field

... With their sweet breath the ambient air's perfumed, ...

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Scene Between May and June

... The murmuring main was heard, and scarcely heard, to flow ...

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The Castle of Indolence: Canto I

... nd, embodied, to our senses plain),Sees on the naked hill, or valley low,The whilst in ocean Phœ ...

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The Seasons: A Poem

... ed evil is no more:The storms of wintry time will quickly pass,And one unbounded Spring encircle all ...

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The Seasons: Summer

... armThrown round his head, on downy moss sustain'd:Here laid his scrip, with wholesome viands fill'd ...

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The City of Dreadful Night

... know the whole sea cannot quench that heart,Or cleanse that brow, or wash those two apart: They love ...