In a rural setting, a young man and woman stand in a wheat field under at tree. They are holding hands, while he recites lines to her. She holds a bundle of wheat in her apron
Description:
Title from item., Numbered '177' in lower right corner of plate., and Caption below the image from James Thomson's The seasons: "And art thou then Acasto's dear remains? She whom my restless gratitude has sought, So long in vain, O Heav'ns! the very frame. The soften'd image of my noble friend."
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, Printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
English.
Subject (Name):
Thomson, James, 1700-1748 and Thomson, James, 1700-1748.
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of fourteen serious verses, many on the subjects of death and religion. Entries include the Prologue to Cato by Alexander Pope (1688-1774), and the Epilogue to Cato by Sir Samuel Garth; a hymn by Joseph Addison; On Indifference, by Frances Anne (Greville) Crewe, lady Crewe and addressed to the Countess of Carlisle, as well as the Countess of Carlisle’s reply; a fable by John Gay; poems by Thomas Parnell and James Thomson; and various religious songs.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Religious life and customs --18th century
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, Crewe, Frances Anne (Greville) Crewe, Lady, d. 1818 --Poetry, Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1774, and Thomson, James, 1700-1748
Subject (Topic):
Death --Poetry, Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry --18th century, and Religious poetry, English
