For still the world prevail'd, and its dread laugh,
Which scarce the firm philosopher can scorn.
James Thomson Quotes
d. 1748 Scotland
James Thomson (September 11, 1700 – August 27, 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright.
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With starving labor pampering idle waste;
To tear at pleasure the defected land.
Desponding Fear, of feeble fancies full,
Weak and unmanly, loosens every power.
The Seasons (1726)
The Seasons (1726)
The meek-eyed Morn appears, mother of Dews.
Plac'd far amid the melancholy main.
The Castle of Indolence (1748)
While I deduce,
From the first note the hollow cuckoo sings,
The symphony of spring.
The Seasons (1726)
While Reason drew the plan, the Heart inform'd
The moral page and Fancy lent it grace.
For many a day, and many a dreadful night,
Incessant lab'ring round the stormy cape.
The Seasons (1726)
The daisy, primrose, violet darkly blue;
And polyanthus of unnumbered dyes.
The Seasons (1726)
But yonder comes the powerful king of day,
Rejoicing in the east.
The Seasons (1726)
The Seasons (1726)
The Seasons (1726)
Hail! Independence, hail! Heaven's next best gift,
To that of life and an immortal soul!
Soft-buzzing Slander; silly moths that eat
An honest name.
The kiss, snatch'd hasty from the sidelong maid.
The Seasons (1726)
Ships dim-discovered dropping from the clouds.
The Seasons (1726)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Thomson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.