. Spring . and now,shut up 17 3Tfjr Srasons. Within his iron caves, the effusive SouthWarms the wide air, and oer the void of heavenBreathes the big clouds with vernal showers first a dusky wreath they seem to rise,Scarce staining ether; but by fast degrees,In heaps on heaps, the doubling vapour sailsAlong the loaded sky. and, mingling deep,Sits on the horizon round a settled gloom :Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed,Oppressing life; but lovely, gentle, kind,And full of every hope and every joy,The wish of Nature. Gradual sinks the breezeInto a perfect calm; that not a breath
. Spring . and now,shut up 17 3Tfjr Srasons. Within his iron caves, the effusive SouthWarms the wide air, and oer the void of heavenBreathes the big clouds with vernal showers first a dusky wreath they seem to rise,Scarce staining ether; but by fast degrees,In heaps on heaps, the doubling vapour sailsAlong the loaded sky. and, mingling deep,Sits on the horizon round a settled gloom :Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed,Oppressing life; but lovely, gentle, kind,And full of every hope and every joy,The wish of Nature. Gradual sinks the breezeInto a perfect calm; that not a breathIs heard to quiver through the closing woods,Or rustling turn the many-twinkling leavesOf aspen tall. The uncurling floods, diffusedIn glassy breadth, seem through delusive lapseForgetful of their course. T is silence pleasing expectation. Herds and flocksDrop the dry sprig, and, mute-imploring, eyeThe falling verdure. Hushed in short sus-pense,The plumy people streak their wings with To 111 row the lucid moisture trickling off;And wait the approaching sign to strike, at once,Into tiie general choir. Even mountains. vales, 19 CTjjr Seasons. And forests seem, impatient, to demandThe promised sweetness. Man superior walksAmid the glad creation, musing praise,And looking lively gratitude. At last,The clouds consign their treasures to the softly shaking on the dimpled poolPrelusive drops, let all their moisture flow,In large effusion, oer the freshened stealing shower is scarce to patter such as wander through the the umbrageous multitude of who can hold the shade, while heaven de-scendsIn universal bounty, shedding herbsAnd fruits and flowers on Natures ample lap?Swift fancy hied anticipates their growth ;And. while the milky nutriment the kindling country colour round. Thus all day long the full-distended cloudsIndulge their genial stores, and well-showered earthIs deep enriched
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