Poor is the triumph o’er the timid hare! Scared from the co… - James Thomson

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Poor is the triumph o’er the timid hare!
Scared from the corn, and now to some lone seat
Retired—

James Thomson

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James Thomson (September 11, 1700 – August 27, 1748) was a Scottish poet and playwright.

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Alternative Names: James Thomſon

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The negligence of Nature wide and wild,
Where, undisguised by mimic art, she spreads
Unbounded beauty to the roving eye.

He saw her charming, but he saw not half
The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.

They who are pleased themselves must always please.

Poor is the triumph o’er the timid hare! Scared from the corn, and now to some lone seat Retired— - James Thomson

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