James Thomson

Life

Born: c. 11 September 1710

Died: 27 August 1748

Biography

James Thomson was a Scottish poet and playwright, known for his poems The Seasons and The Castle of Indolence, and for the lyrics of "Rule, Britannia!".

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Settings of text by James Thomson

• Come, gentle Spring (John Wall Callcott)
• Hard is the fate of him who loves (Elizabeth Turner)
• Rule Britannia (Thomas Arne)
• Soon as the morning trembles o'er the sky (from Ruth) (George Tolhurst)
• Tell me, thou soul of her I love (Edwin Augustus Sydenham)
• Tell me, thou soul of her I love (Elizabeth Turner)
• Unless with my Amanda blest (Leopold Kozeluch)
• Unless with my Amanda blest (Stephen Storace)

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