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Base Envy Withers At Another's Joy, And Hates That Excellence It Cannot Reach.
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Base Envy withers at another's joy,
And hates that excellence it cannot reach.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748)
-- The Seasons, Spring, Line 283
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Come, gentle Spring! ethereal Mildness! come.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 1...
Amid the roses fierce Repentance rears Her snaky crest.
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Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot.
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An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven!
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 1158...
But who can paint Like Nature? Can imagination boast, Amid its gay creation, hues like hers?
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Spring, Line 465...
A lucky chance, that oft decides the fate Of mighty monarchs.
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And Mecca saddens at the long delay.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 979...
Autumn nodding o'er the yellow plain. -- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Autumn, Line 2
But yonder comes the powerful king of day, Rejoicing in the east.
-- James Thomson (1700-1748) -- The Seasons, Summer, Line 81...