On Happiness (James Thomson Poems)
Warm'd by the summer sun's meridian ray,As underneath a spreading oak I layContemplating the mighty load of woe,In search of ...
James Thomson Poems on Joy & Excitement (21 Poems)
A Hymn (James Thomson Poems)
These, as they change, Almighty Father, theseAre but the varied God. The rolling yearIs full of thee. Forth in the ...
Psalm CIV. Paraphrased (James Thomson Poems)
To praise thy Author, Soul, do not forget;Canst thou, in gratitude, deny the debt?Lord, thou art great, how great we ...
On Beauty (James Thomson Poems)
Beauty deserves the homage of the muse:Shall mine, rebellious, the dear theme refuse?No; while my breast respires the vital air,Wholly ...
Epitaph On Miss Stanley, In Holyrood Church, Southampton (James Thomson Poems)
E. S.Once a lively image of human nature, Such as God made itWhen he pronounced every work of his to be ...
A Pastoral Between Thirsis And Corydon, Upon The Death Of Damon, By Whom Is Meant Mr. W. Riddell (James Thomson Poems)
Thir.Say, tell me true, what is the doleful causeThat Corydon is not the man he was?Your cheerful presence used to ...
Spring Showers (James Thomson Poems)
The north-east spends his rage; he now shut upWithin his iron cave, th' effusive southWarms the wide air, and o'er ...
A Pastoral Betwixt David, Thirsis, And The Angel Gabriel, Upon The Birth Of Our Saviour (James Thomson Poems)
DAVID.What means yon apparition in the sky,Thirsis, that dazzles every shepherd's eye?I slumbering was when from yon glorious cloudCame gliding ...
A Summer Noon (James Thomson Poems)
'Tis raging noon; and, vertical, the sunDarts on the head direct his forceful rays.O'er heaven and earth, far as the ...
Lavinia (James Thomson Poems)
The lovely young Lavinia once had friends;And fortune smiled deceitful on her birth:For, in her helpless years deprived of all,Of ...
The Effects of Spring on Nature (James Thomson Poems)
See where the winding vale its lavish stores,Irriguous, spreads. See, how the lily drinksThe latent rill, scarce oozing through the ...
An Elegy on Parting (James Thomson Poems)
It was a sad, ay 'twas a sad farewell,I still afresh the pangs of parting feel;Against my breast my heart ...
A Complaint On The Miseries Of Life (James Thomson Poems)
I loathe, O Lord, this life below,And all its fading fleeting joys;'Tis a short space that's fill'd with woe,Which all ...
Dawn In Summer (James Thomson Poems)
When now no more th' alternate twins are fired,And Cancer reddens with the solar blaze,Short is the doubtful empire of ...
The Reapers In Autumn (James Thomson Poems)
Soon as the morning trembles o'er the sky,And unperceived, unfolds the spreading day;Before the ripen'd field the reapers stand,In fair ...
From Those Eternal Regions (James Thomson Poems)
From those eternal regions bright, Where suns, that never set in night, Diffuse the golden day;Where Spring, unfading, pours around,O'er all the ...
Contentment (James Thomson Poems)
If those who live in shepherd's bower, Press not the rich and stately bed;The new-mown hay and breathing flower A softer couch ...
He, when young Spring protrudes the bursting gems (James Thomson Poems)
He, when young Spring protrudes the bursting gems,Into his freshened soul; her genial hoursHe full enjoys; and not a beauty ...
Song (James Thomson Poems)
When blooming springArrays the laughing fields in green,Then flowers in open air are seen,And warbling birds are heard to sing, Almighty ...
A Poem Sacred to the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton (James Thomson Poems)
Shall the great soul of Newton quit this earth, To mingle with his stars; and every muse, Astonish'd into silence, ...
The Seasons: Winter (James Thomson Poems)
See! Winter comes, to rule the varied Year, Sullen, and sad; with all his rising Train, Vapours, and Clouds, and ...