Poem sequence · 1730

The Seasons

1726-1730

by James Thomson

Thomson's blank-verse poem on the four seasons of the year, with a closing hymn, a landmark of eighteenth-century nature poetry.

Contents · 5 parts

• Springabout 1170 lines
• Summerabout 1810 lines
• Autumnabout 1370 lines
• Winterabout 1070 lines
• A Hymnabout 120 lines

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