Conclusion. A search, the flight of time can ne'er exhaust! In sluggish streams about my heart, forbid 1365 And whisper to my dreams. From Thee begin, THE subject proposed... Address to the earl of Wilmington.... First approach of Winter.... According to the natural course of the season, various storms described....Rain.... Wind....Snow.... The driving of the snows; a man perishing among them; whence reflections on the wants and miseries of human life.... The wolves descending from the Alps and Appennines... A Winter evening described: as spent by philosophers; by the country people; in the city....Frost....A view of Winter within the polar circle.....A thaw....The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future state. WINTER. SEE, WINTER comes, to rule the varied year, Sullen and sad, with all his rising train ; Vapours, and Clouds, and Storms. Be these my theme, And heavenly musing. Welcome kindred glooms! Pleased have I, in my cheerful morn of life, And sung of Nature with unceasing joy,, .5 Pleased have I wandered through your rough domain, 10 15 Wintry Sun. The Muse, O WILMINGTON ! renews her song. Skimmed the gay Spring; on eagle pinions borne, 20 These, each exalting each, the statesman light Now when the cheerless empire of the sky Through the thick air; as cloathed in cloudy storm, 25 35 35 40 45 |