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" the feathered inhabitants of more temperate climes, she has, as if to compensate for this deficiency, decked them out in the most gay and brilliant colours: " For Nature's hand, That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations, here her gayest... "
A View of the Past and Present State of the Island of Jamaica: With Remarks ... - Page 77
by John Stewart - 1823 - 363 pages
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The Seasons: By James Thomson; with His Life, an Index, and Glossary ...

James Thomson - 1793 - 300 pages
...sportive vanity has deck'd 736 The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. But, if she bids them shine, Array'd in all the beauteous beams of day, Yet frugal still, she humbles them in song. 740 Nor envy we the gaudy robes they lent Proud Montezuma's realm, whose legions cast A boundless radiance...
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The Seasons: By James Thomson

James Thomson - 1800 - 302 pages
...sportive vanity has dcck'd The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. But, if she bids them shine, Array'd in all the beauteous beams of day , Yet frugal still, she humbles them in song. Nor envy we the gaudy rol>es they lent Troud Montezuma's realm, whose legions cast A boundless radiance...
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The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1802 - 340 pages
...winding umbrage of the floods, Like vivid blossoms glowing from afar, Thick swarm the brighter birds. For Nature's hand, That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. But, if she bids them shine, Array'd in all the beauteous beams...
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The Works of Mr. James Thomson: With His Last Corrections and ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch - 1802 - 368 pages
...winding umbrage of the floods, Like vivid blossoms glowing from afar, Thick swarm the brighter birds. For Nature's hand, That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. But, if she bids them shine, Array'd in all the beauteous beams...
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The Seasons ...

James Thomson - English poetry - 1802 - 320 pages
...winding umbrage of the floods, Like vivid blossoms glowing from afar, Thick swarm the brighter-birds. For nature's hand, That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. But, if she bids them shine, Array'd in all the beauteous beams...
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The works of mr. James Thomson, to which is prefixed the life of ..., Volume 1

James Thomson - 1802 - 344 pages
...winding umbrage of the floods, Like vivid blossoms glowing from afar, Thick swarm the brighter birds. For Nature's hand, That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. But, if she bids them shine, Array'd in all the beauteous beams...
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The seasons; with the life of the author. To which are added Hesiod, or the ...

James Thomson - 1803 - 268 pages
...winding umbrage of the floods, Like vivid blossoms glowing from afar, Thick-swarm the brighter birds. For Nature's hand, That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations , there her gayest hues Profusely pours, (i) But, if she bids them shine, Array'd in all the beauteous...
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The Poetical Works of James Thomson: With His Last Corrections ..., Volume 1

James Thomson, John Aikin - 1804 - 232 pages
...sportive vanity has deck'd 736 The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. But, if she bids them shine, Array'd in all the beauteous beams of...day, Yet, frugal still, she humbles them in * song. 740 Nor envy we the gaudy robes they lent Proud Montezuma's realm, whose legions cast A boundless radiance...
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The seasons, with the life of the author: to which are added Hesiod, or the ...

James Thomson, Thomas Parnell - Thomson, James, 1700-1748 - 1808 - 338 pages
...winding umbrage of the floods, liike vivid blossoms glowing from afar. Thick-swarm the brighter birds. For Nature's hand. That with a sportive vanity has deck'd The plumy nations, there her gayest hues Profusely pours. But, if she bids them shine, j'd in all the beauteous beams...
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Narrative, of a Five Years' Expedition, Against the Revolted ..., Volume 1

John Gabriel Stedman - Guiana - 1813 - 550 pages
...-excepted, whose notes are sweet, but not varied. Of these I shall speak at a proper opportunity. " For Nature's hand, " That with a sportive vanity has deck'd " The plumy nations, there her gayest hues " Profusely pours. But if she bids them shine, " Array'd in all the beauteous...
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