The father's luftre, and the mother's bloom.
Then infant reafon grows apace, and calls
For the kind hand of an affiduous care.
Delightful talk! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to fhoot,

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the fresh instruction o'er the mind,.
To breathe th' enliv'ning fpirit, and to fix
The gen'rous purpose in the glowing breast..
Oh speak the joy !. ye, whom the fudden tear
Surprizes often, while you look around,
And nothing ftrikes your eye but fights of blifs,
All various Nature preffing on the heart :
An elegant fufficiency, content,
Retirement, rural quiet,, friendship, books,
Eafe and alternate labour, useful life,
Progreffive virtue, and approving HEAVEN.
These are the matchless joys of virtuous love;
And thus their moments fly. The Seafons thus,
As ceafelefs round a jarring world they roll,
Still find them happy; and confenting SPRING
Sheds her own.rofy garland on their heads:
Till evening comes at last, ferene and mild;
When after the long vernal day of life,

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Enamour'd more, as more remembrance fwells
With many a proof of recollected love,
Together down they fink in focial fleep;

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Together freed, their gentle fpirits fly

To fcenes where love and blifs immortal reign.

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THE ARGUMENT.

The fubject propofed. Invocation. Address to Mr. DoDINGTON. An introductory reflection on the motion of the heavenly bodies; whence the fucceffion of the feafons. As the face of Nature in this feafon is almost uniform, the progress of the poem is a defcriptiòn of a fummer's day. The dawn. Sun-rifing. Hymn to the fun. Forenoon. Summer infects defcribed. Hay-making. SheepShearing. Noon-day. A woodland retreat. Groupe of herds ana flocks. A folemn grave: how it affects a contemplative mind. A cataract, and rude fcene. View of fummer in the torrid zone. Storm of thunder and lightning. A tale. The ftorm over, a serene afternoon. Bathing. Hour of walking. Tranfition to the prof pect of a rich well-cultivated country; which introduces a panegyric on GREAT BRITAIN. Sun-fet. Evening. Night. Summer meteors. A comet. The whole concluding with the praise of philofophy.

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