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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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A Poem Sacred to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton

... For, though deprav'd and sunk, she brought thee forth, ...

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To The Reverend Patrick Murdoch, Rector Of Stradishall, In Suffolk

... Men, woods, and fields, all breathe untroubled life ...

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The Study and Beauties of the Works of Nature

... A search, the flight of time can ne'er exhaust! ...

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To The Nightingale

...   Dare not be blessed, lest envious tongues should blame ...

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The Lover's Fate

...   Should start at love's suspected name, ...

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Spring Showers

... At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields ...

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Mists In Autumn

... Ev'n in the height of noon, oppress'd, the sun ...

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Epilogue To Tancred And Sigismunda

... ber, in the character of the Tragic Muse, advances slowly to music, and speaks the following lines]: ...

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Lisy's Parting With Her Cat

... I loathe the thoughts of life:" thus plained the Cat, ...

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Rule Britannia

...   And guardian angels sung this strain&mdash ...

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Care of Birds for their Young

... Of wandering swain, the white winged plover wheels ...

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A Hymn

... Then Thy sun Shoots full perfection thro' the swelling year ...

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A Pastoral Betwixt David, Thirsis, And The Angel Gabriel, Upon The Birth Of Our Saviour

... THIRSIS. Thou fairest morn that ever sprang from night, ...

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from The Seasons: Winter

... d air Long groans are heard, shrill sounds, and distant sighs, ...

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from The Seasons: Spring

... The Thrush And Wood-lark, o’er the kind contending Throng ...