The seasons . how to pour the fresh instruction oer the mind,To breathe th enlivening spirit, and to fixThe generous purpose in the glowing , speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tearSurprises often, while you look nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss,All various Nature pressijig on the heart:An elegant sufiiciency, content,Ketirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,Ease and alternate labour, useful virtue, and approving Heaven!These are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; v-^And thus their moments fly. The Seasons ceaseless round

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The seasons . how to pour the fresh instruction oer the mind,To breathe th enlivening spirit, and to fixThe generous purpose in the glowing , speak the joy ! ye, whom the sudden tearSurprises often, while you look nothing strikes your eye but sights of bliss,All various Nature pressijig on the heart:An elegant sufiiciency, content,Ketirement, rural quiet, friendship, books,Ease and alternate labour, useful virtue, and approving Heaven!These are the matchless joys of virtuous love ; v-^And thus their moments fly. The Seasons ceaseless round a jarring w^orld they find them happy; and consenting SpringSheds her own rosy garland on their heads:Till evening comes at last, serene and mild; 44 SPRING, When afler the long vernal day of life,Enamourd more, as more remembrance swellsWith many a proof of recollected down they sink in social sleep;Together freed, their gentle spirits llyTo scenes where love and bliss immortal iWJIWta?<

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