And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts. His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shatter'd forest, and the ravag'd vale ; While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch, Dissolving snows in livid... The Seasons: By James Thomson - Page 35by James Thomson - 1800 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| Garden - 1882 - 530 pages
...wakes around, veiled in a shower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend ! — And see where surly Winter passes off Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts ; While softer gales succeed Along these blushing borders bright with dew, And in yon mingled wilderness... | |
| Voice, J. E. - 1883 - 212 pages
...wakes around veiled in a shower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend. . . . And see where surly winter passes off Far to the north, and calls his...; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shattered forest, and the ravaged vale, While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch Dissolving... | |
| Henry George Bohn - 1883 - 782 pages
...Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend. 4867 Thomson : Seasons. Spring. Lino 1. See where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his...: His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shattered forest and the ravished vale; U'hile softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch, Dissolving... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1889 - 586 pages
...For instance, the very next passage is crowded with a set of striking images : " And see where surly Winter passes off Far to the north, and calls his...green heads to the sky. As yet the trembling year is unconfirmed, And Winter oft at eve resumes the breeze, Chills the pale morn, and bids his driving sleets... | |
| Charles Rufus Skinner - 1890 - 528 pages
...music wakes around, veiled in a shower Of shadowing roses, on our plains descend. And see where surly winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his...; His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shattered forest, and the ravaged vale; While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch, Dissolving... | |
| Alexander Bain - 1890 - 376 pages
...ruffian blasts : His hlasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shattered forest, and the ravaged vale ; While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch, Dissolving snows in livid torrents lost, The mou~«»ms lift their green heads to the sky. The individual touches are admirable, but there is no... | |
| Alexander Bain - 1890 - 352 pages
...brief examples. The first is on Winter. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, ami calls his ruffian blasts : His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shattered forest, and the ravaged vale ; While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch, Dissolving... | |
| James Thomson - 1891 - 458 pages
...own Season paints, when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent — like thee. 10 And see where surly Winter passes off Far to the north, and calls his...: His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shattered forest, and the ravished vale ; While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch, rs Dissolving... | |
| 1891 - 828 pages
...the fashion spreads, each fashion in its turn becoming old-fashioned and vulgar. And see when surly Winter passes off, Far to the North, and calls his...blasts, His blasts obey and quit the howling hill, While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch — When Thomson wrote his "Seasons," this kind of... | |
| James Thomson - 1891 - 458 pages
...paints, when Nature all Is blooming and benevolent — like thee. ro And see where surly Winter_4>asses off Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts : His blasts obey, and quit the howling hill, The shattered forest, and the ravished vale ; While softer gales succeed, at whose kind touch, 15 Dissolving... | |
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