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James Thomson on Beauty

d. 1748 Scotland

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Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty's self.

The Seasons, Autumn (1730)

The negligence of Nature wide and wild,
Where, undisguised by mimic art, she spreads
Unbounded beauty to the roving eye.

The Seasons (1726)

So stands the statue that enchants the world,
So bending tries to veil the matchless boast,
The mingled beauties of exulting Greece.

The Seasons (1726)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: James Thomson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.