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... fields the sower stalks With measured step , and , liberal , throws the grain Into the faithful bosom of the ground : The harrow follows harsh , and shuts the scene . INVOCATION TO THE POWERS OF NATURE . FARMING A SUB- JECT WORTHY OF ...
... fields the sower stalks With measured step , and , liberal , throws the grain Into the faithful bosom of the ground : The harrow follows harsh , and shuts the scene . INVOCATION TO THE POWERS OF NATURE . FARMING A SUB- JECT WORTHY OF ...
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... fields ; And , softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops , let all their moisture flow , In large effusion , o'er the freshened world . The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard By such as wander through the forest walks ...
... fields ; And , softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops , let all their moisture flow , In large effusion , o'er the freshened world . The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard By such as wander through the forest walks ...
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... fields , and known to every swain Who turns the fallow soil beside the main ; Or who , remote from billowy ocean's gales , Tills the rich glebe of inland - winding vales . Plough naked still , and naked sow the soil , And naked reap ...
... fields , and known to every swain Who turns the fallow soil beside the main ; Or who , remote from billowy ocean's gales , Tills the rich glebe of inland - winding vales . Plough naked still , and naked sow the soil , And naked reap ...
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... fields and shades , and the refreshing clime , Inspire the sylvan song , and prompt my rhyme . THE SUBJECT.— RURAL SPORTS . My muse shall rove through flowery meads and plains , And deck with Rural Sports her native strains , And the ...
... fields and shades , and the refreshing clime , Inspire the sylvan song , and prompt my rhyme . THE SUBJECT.— RURAL SPORTS . My muse shall rove through flowery meads and plains , And deck with Rural Sports her native strains , And the ...
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... fields with golden ears of corn . Now , now , ye reapers , to your task repair ; Haste ! save the product of the bounteous year : To the wide - gathering hook long furrows yield , And rising sheaves extend through all the field ...
... fields with golden ears of corn . Now , now , ye reapers , to your task repair ; Haste ! save the product of the bounteous year : To the wide - gathering hook long furrows yield , And rising sheaves extend through all the field ...
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arms beauty behold beneath birds bloom bosom boughs breast breath brow busk Ceres charms cheerful chyle clouds courser death deep delight dread e'en earth ELSPA Eurus fair fear fields flame flocks flood flowers forest frae fruits Gaul Georgic give glebe glow grace green Grongar Hill groves hand happy heart heaven hills labor land light live maun mind morn mountains muse MUSIDORA Naiad Nature Nature's night numbers nymphs o'er pain peace plain plant pleasure plough praise pride race rage rapture reign rich rills rise rocks round rural scene shade sheep shepherd shine shrubs sigh Silurian sing skies smile soft soil song soon soul spread spring strains stream swain sweet swelling taste tempest tender Theana thee thine thou toil trees trembling vale Virgil virtue wandering wave wild winds wings Winter woods yield youth