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country of Wallace and Buchanan , ) e 3 t he should incur the imput ^ tiQn of a too fond natidiiaHty . In th £ paragraph now commencing line 1579 the poetin 1727 had
iin-^ , , , , mediately joined to the " beauty" of ** Britannia ' s daughters , " the charms of .. * ' elegance and taste . " In 1730 , and ever after , he also assigned to them those more valuable
endowments , * € c The feeling heart , simplicity of life , * an imputation , the justice of which I should regret , if any of your male readers were able to dispute . Instead of the paragraphs now found
linfcs 629—897 , these appeared in 1727 and 1730 immediately following the paragraph now ending line 1618 . It is remarkable that enly one of the following lines , wljich I have distinguished by italics , was preserved in the later editions .
* Thus far , transported by my Country ' s Love , Nobly digressive from my Theme , I ' ve aiui'd To sing her Praises , in ambitious Verse ; While , slightly to recount , I simply meant , The yario \ is Summer-Horrors , which infest
Kingdoms that scorch below severer Suns . " Kingdoms , on which , direct , the Flood of Day ,
Oppressive , falls , and gives the gloomy Hue , And Feature gross ; or worse , to ruthless Deeds , Wan Jealousy , red Rage , and fell
Revenge , Their hasty Spirits prompts . Ill-fated Race ! Although the Treasures of the Sun be theirs , Rocks rich in Gems , and Mountains big with Mines , Whence , over Sands of Gold , the Niger rolls
His amber Wave ; while on his balmy Banks , Or in the Spicy , Abyssinian Vales , The Citron , Orange , and Pomegranate drink Intolerable Day , yet , in their Coats ,
A cooling Juice con tarn . Peaceful , beneath * Leans the huge Elephant , and , in his Shade , A Multitude of beauteous Creatures play ; And Birds , of bolder Note , rejoice around . -
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" An& oft afnicTiheir arortfatic < 3 koves TouchM by the Torch of Noon , the gummy Bark , Smouldering , begins , to . . roll :, the dusky Wreath . ' .. . ; .. . ;¦ ' ,. . ' ' \ f
Instant , so swift the ruddy Ruin spreads ^ . A Cloud of Incense shadows all the Land ; And , o ' er a thousand , thundering Trees ' at once , Riots , With lawless Rage , the running Blaze :
But chiefly , if fomenting Winds assist , And , doubling * blend the circulating Waves Of Flame tempestuous , or , directly on , Far-streaming , drives Them thro * the Forest ' s Length .
" But other Views await —where Heaven above , Glows like an Arch of Brass ; and all below , - - > . The Earth a Mass of rusty Iron lies , Of Fruits , and Flowers , and every
Verdure spailty Barren , and bare , a joyless , weary Waste , Thin-cottag'd , and , in Time of trying Need , Abandon'd by the vanish'd Brook , like One
Of fading Fortune by his treacherous Friend . " Such are thy horrid Deserts , Barca , such , Zaara , thy hot , interminable Sands , Continuous , rising often with the Blast ,
Fill the Sun sees no more : and unknit Earth , Shook by the South into the darkeu'd Air , Falls , in new , hilly Kingdoms , o ' er the Waste .
" 'Tis here , that Thirst has fixed his dry Domain , And walks his wide , malignant Round , ^ in search Of Pilgrim lost ; or , on the ? Merchant's
Tomb , Triumphant , sits , who , for a single Cruise Of unavailing Water paid so dear : Nor could the Gold his hard Associate save . "
In the edition of the Seasons 1730 , 1 ? " In th £ desart of s 4 raoatly are two tombs With inscriptions oti > theiia , importing that the persons there interred were a rich merchant and a pool * ^ carrier , who both died of thirsts , kad that the former had given to the latter ten thousand diicats * for 6 ne * Fuis £ of Wa * er . "—• Thomson .
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4 § d Book-Worm : No . XXVIII *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Aug. 2, 1822, page 480, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2515/page/24/
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