Excerpt from The Cambridge History of English Literature, Vol. 10: The Age of Johnson Relations of Thomson's Poetry to the tendencies of the age. His life and literary career. The Seasons. Influence of Milton. Thomson's interest in Nature. Nature pictures in The Seasons, and the Human Element in these pictures. Thomson's objective attitude towards Nature. His frequent vagueness of Description, and striking Incidental Digressions. Patriotic Reflections Britannia and Liberty. The Castle of Indolence, its points of contact with Spenser, and the commonplace character of its Alle gory. Thomson's Dramatic Work, from Sophonisba to Corio lanus. Influence of Thomson on the younger generation of poets. Somervile's Chace and other Poems. J ago's edge-h ill. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.