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POEM.

With large Additions and Amendments.

By JAMES THOMSON.

To which is added His three following POEMS, viz.

A HYMN on the SEASONS.
To the MEMORY of
Sir ISAAC NEWTON.
And BRITANNIA.

DUBLIN:

Printed by S. POWELL,

And

For GEORGE RISK, at the Shakespear's Head, GEORGE EWING, at the Angel and Bible, WILLIAM SMITH, at the Hercules, Bookicilers in Dame's-ftreet, M DCC XXX,

WINTER.

Infcrib'd to the Right Honourable the

D.

LD WILMINGTON.

The ARGUMENT.

The fubject propofed. Addrefs to Lord WILMINGTON. First approach of WINTER. According to the natural order of the feafon, various forms defcribed. Rain. Wind. Snow. The driving of the fnows: a man perishing among them. A short digreffion into RUSSIA. The Wolves in ITALY. A winter-evening defcribed, as spent by philofophers; by the country-people; in the city. Froft. Its effect, within the polar circle. A thaw. The whole concluding with philofophical reflections on a future ftate.

WIN

WINTER.

EE Winter comes, to rule the varied

year,

Sullen, and fad, with all his rifing

train,

Vapours, and Clouds, and Storms. Be

these my theme,

These, that exalt the foul to folemn thought,

And heavenly mufing. Welcome, kindred glooms! 5
Cogenial horrors, hail! with frequent foot,

Pleas'd have I, in my chearful morn of life,
When nurs'd by careless Solitude I liv'd,

And fung of Nature with unceafing joy,

Pleas'd have I wander'd thro' your rough domain;
Trod the pure virgin-snows, myself as pure;

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