James Thomson

11 September 1700 – 27 August 1748 / Ednam in Roxburghshire, Scotland

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.
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