I know no subject more elevating, more amazing, more ready to the poetical enthusiasm, the philosophical reflection, and the moral sentiment than the works of nature. Where can we meet such variety, such beauty, such magnificence?
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Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valour, liberty, and virtue; Displays distinguish'd merit, is a noble; Of Nature's own creating.James Thomson
The City is of Night perchance of Death, But certainly of Night for never there Can come the lucid morning's fragrant breath After the dewy dawning's cold gray air.
James Thomson
A bard here dwelt, more fat than bard be-seems, Who, void of envy, guile, and lust of gain, On virtue still, and natures pleasing themes, Poured from his unpremeditated strain.
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Come then, expressive silence, muse His praise.
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But yonder comes the powerful King of Day, Rejoicing in the East.
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For life is but a dream whose shapes return, some frequently, some seldom, some by night and some by day.
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