Synopsis
Title: Amwell; a descriptive poem.
Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions
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British Library
Scott, John;
1776.
8°.
992.g.1.(4.)
Présentation de l'éditeur
And Sheen sfair vallies, once thy Thomson led ;A nd once oer green Carmarthen svroody dales. And funny landfcapes of Campania splaint 15 Thy other favoured bard; thou, who fo late, In bowers by Clent swild peaks, to Shenstone sear Didft bring fweet drains of rural melody (A las, no longer heard !)V ouchrafe thine aid: From all our rich varieties of view, 20 What beft may pleafe, aifift me to feleft. With art difpofc, with energy defcribe, And its full image on the mind imprefs. And ye, who eer in thefc delightful fields Confum dwith me the focial hour, while I 25 Your walk condui Hied oer iheir lovelieft fpots And on their faireft objedts fix dyour fight j13. Thomson ledy Thomson, Author of the Seasons, reiided part of his life near Richmond. 16. Thy other favoured bard D yer, Author of Grongar Hill; the Ruins of Rome; and that excellent negleded poem, the Fleece. I J. Clent Vwild feaks T he Clent-hills adjoin to Hagley park and are not far diftant from theL
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