Of animals; and higher still, the mind, A search, the flight of time can ne'er exhaust! In sluggish streams about my heart, forbid WINTER. The subject proposed. Address to the Earl of Wilmington. First approach of Winter. According to the natural course of the season, various storms described. Rain. Wind. Snow. The driving of the snows; a man perishing among them; whence reflections on the wants and miseries of human life. The wolves descending from the Alps and Apennines. A winter-evening described; as spent by philosophers; by the country people; in the city. Frost. A view of Winter within the polar circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with moral reflections on a future state. SEE, WINTER comes, to rule the varied year, Vapours, and Clouds, and Storms. Be these my theme, Pleased have I wander'd through your rough domain; The Muse, O Wilmington! renews her song. M Attempted through the summer blaze to rise; These, each exalting each, the statesman light Now when the cheerless empire of the sky Through the thick air; as clothed in cloudy storm, |