James Thomson (poet) quotes - page 2

Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise. (James Thomson (poet))
See, Winter comes to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad. View quote
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Welcome, kindred glooms! Congenial horrors, hail! View quote
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Cruel as death, and hungry as the grave. View quote
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There studious let me sit, And hold high converse with the mighty dead. View quote
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The meek-ey'd Morn appears, mother of dews. View quote
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Falsely luxurious, will not man awake? View quote
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But yonder comes the powerful king of day, Rejoicing in the east. View quote
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Ships dim-discovered dropping from the clouds. View quote
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And Mecca saddens at the long delay. View quote
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Sighed and looked unutterable things. (James Thomson (poet))
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs. View quote
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So stands the statue that enchants the world, So bending tries to veil the matchless boast, The mingled beauties of exulting Greece. View quote
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Tutor'd by thee, hence Poetry exalts Her voice to ages; and informs the page With music, image, sentiment, and thought, Never to die! the treasure of mankind! Their highest honour, and their truest joy! View quote
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Come, gentle Spring! ethereal mildness, come. View quote
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The negligence of Nature wide and wild, Where, undisguised by mimic art, she spreads Unbounded beauty to the roving eye. View quote
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Base Envy withers at another's joy, And hates that excellence it cannot reach. View quote
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Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest. View quote
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Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot. View quote
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An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven! View quote
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Crowned with the sickle, and the wheaten sheaf, While Autumn, nodding o'er the yellow plain, Comes jovial on. (James Thomson (poet))
For loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorned adorned the most. View quote
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He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd. View quote
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They who are pleased themselves must always please. View quote
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He ceased; but still their trembling ears retained The deep vibrations of his witching song. View quote
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