To the Same (Amanda) With a Copy of the 'seasons’
Accept, loved Nymph, this tribute due
To tender friendship, love, and you:
But with it take what breathed the whole.
O take to thine the poet’s soul.
If Fancy here her power displays,
And if a heart exalts these lays–
You, fairest, in that fancy shine,
And all that heart is fondly thine.
Other works by James Thomson...
Stanzas Written by Thomson on the Blank Leaf of a Copy of His 'seasons’ Sent by Him to Mr. Lyttleton, Soon After the Death of His Wife
Go, little book, and find our Fri… Who Nature and the Muses loves, Who cares the public virtues blend With all the softness of the grove… A fitter time thou canst not choos…
