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" Who greatly spurn'd the slothful pomp of courts; And roaming every land, in every port His sceptre laid aside, with glorious hand Unwearied plying the mechanic tool, Gather'd the seeds of trade, of useful arts, Of civil wisdom, and of martial skill. Charg'd... "
The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben Percy ... - Page 9
1826
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The seasons; with his life, by mr. Murdoch

James Thomson - 1806 - 242 pages
...tool, O ather'd the seeds of trade, of useful arts, 970 Of civil wisdom, and of martial skill. 'i 3 Charg'd with the stores of Europe home he goes! Then cities rise amid the illumin'd waste; O'er joyless deserts smiles the rural reign; Far-distant flood to flood is social...
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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
...every port His sceptre laid aside , with glorious hand Unwearied plying the mechanic tool, Gather'. I the seeds of trade, of useful arts, Of civil wisdom...cities rise amid th' illumin'd waste ; O'er joyless desarts smiles the rural reign ; Far-distant flood to Hood Is social join'd ; Th' astonish'd Etnine...
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The Poetical Works of James Thomson: Collated with the Best Editions:

James Thomson, Thomas Park - 1808 - 444 pages
...every port His sceptre laid aside, with glorious hand Unwearied plying the mechanic tool, Gather'd the seeds of trade, of useful arts, Of civil wisdom,...stores of Europe home he goes ! Then cities rise amid the' illumin'd waste; O'er .joyless deserts smiles the rural reign; Far-distant flood to flood is social...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...every port, His sceptre laid aside, with glorious hand Unwearied plying the mechanic's tool, . Gathcr'd the seeds of trade, of useful arts, Of civil wisdom, and of martial skill. Cliarg'd with the stoves of 'Europe, home he goes; Then cities rise amid the illumm'd waste; O'er joyless...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 12

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 546 pages
...every port His sceptre laid aside, with glorious hand, ITnvtearied plying the mechanic tool, Gather'd the seeds of trade, of useful arts, Of civil wisdom,...stores of Europe, home he goes; Then cities rise' ainid th' illumin'd waste ; O'er joyless deserts smiles the rural reign ; Far distant flood to flood...
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Broome, Pope, Pitt, Thomson

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 536 pages
...every port His sceptre laid aside, with glorious hand, Unwearied plying the mechanic tool, Gather'd the seeds of trade, of useful arts, Of civil wisdom,...with the stores of Europe, home he goes; Then cities rhie amid th' illumin'd watrt ; O'er joyless deserts smiles the rural reign ; Far distant flood to...
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The seasons; to which is prefixed the life of the author

James Thomson - 1811 - 182 pages
...aside, with glorions hand Unwearied plying the mechanic tool, Gather'd the seeds of trade, of nsefnl arts, Of civil wisdom, and of martial skill. Charg'd with the stores of Enrope home he goes ; Then cities rise amid th' illnmin'd waste; O'er joyless deserts smiles the rnral...
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The Seasons

James Thomson, Samuel Johnson - 1813 - 180 pages
...tool. Gathered the seeds of trade i of useful arta, Of civil wisdom, and of martial skill. Charged with the stores of Europe, home he goes) Then cities rise amid the illumined waste ; O'er joyless deserts smiles the rural reign ; Far distant flood to flood is social...
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The seasons; to which is added the life of the author

James Thomson - 1816 - 256 pages
...glorious hand Unwearied plying the mechanic tool, (i.ither'd the seeds of trade, of useful arts, i Of civil wisdom, and of martial skill. Charg'd with the stores of Europe home he goes ; TheiJi cities rise amid tlf illumin'd waste ; • I O'er joyless deserts smiles the, rural reign:...
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The Seasons, and Castle of Indolence ...

James Thomson, Dr. Johnson - Laziness - 1818 - 316 pages
...every port His sceptre laid aside, with glorious hand Unwearied plying the mechanic tool, Gather'd the seeds of trade, of useful arts, Of civil wisdom,...waste ; O'er joyless deserts smiles the rural reign ; Far-distant flood to flood is social join'd ; Th' astonish'd Euxine hears the Baltic roar ; Proud...
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