Thomson and Pollok: containing The seasons, by James Thomson, and The course of time, by Robert Pollok, A. M.

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SUMMER

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The subject proposed. Invocation. Address to Mr. Dodington
An introductory reflection on the motion of the heavenly bodies;
whence the succession of the seasons. As the face of Nature in
this season is almost uniform, the progress of the poem is a description of a summer's day. The dawn. Sun-rising. Hymn to
the sun. Forenoon. Summer insects described. Haymaking.
Sheepshearing. Noonday. A woodland retreat. Group of herds
and flocks. A solemn grove: how it affects a contemplative mind.
A cataract, and rude scene. View of Summer in the torrid zonv.
Storm of thunder and lightning. A tale. The stoim over, a serene afternoon. Bathing. Hour of walking. Transition to the
prospect of a rich well cultivated country; which introduces a
panegyric on Great Britain. Sun-set. Evening. Night. Summer meteors. A comet. The whole concluding with the praise
of philosophy.:FROn brightening fields of ether fair disclosed,
Child of the Sun, refulgent SUMMER comes,
In pride of youth, and felt through Nature's depth
He comes attended by the sultry Hours,
And ever fanning breezes, on his way; 5
While, from his ardent look, the turning Spring
Averts her blushful face; and earth, and skies,
All smiling, to his hot dominion leaves.
Hence, let me haste into the midwood shade,
Where scarce a sunbeam wanders through the gloom;
And on the dark-green grass, beside the brink 11
Of haunted stream, that by the roots of oak
Rolls o'er the rocky channel, lie at large,
And sing the glories of the circling year.
Come, Inspiration! from thy hermit-seat, 15
By mortal seldom found: may Fancy dare,
From thy fix'd serious eye, and raptured glance
Shot on surrounding heaven, to steal one look
Creative of the Poet, every power
Exalting to an ecstasy of soul. 20