World beyond world, in infinite extent, A search, the flight of time can ne'er exhaust! In sluggish streams about my heart, forbid And whisper to my dreams. From thee begin, THE ARGUMENT. 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 Apennines. 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, Vapours, and clouds, and storms. Be these my theme, These! that exalt the soul to solemn thought, |