The Works of the English Poets, Volume 12J. D. Cornish, 1779 - 390 pages |
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... plant and fow , On these , on these , our happy fields bestow ? Good heaven , what dire effects from civil discord flow ! Now let me graff my pears , and prune the vine ; 100 The fruit is theirs , the labour only mine . climb } 105 ...
... plant and fow , On these , on these , our happy fields bestow ? Good heaven , what dire effects from civil discord flow ! Now let me graff my pears , and prune the vine ; 100 The fruit is theirs , the labour only mine . climb } 105 ...
Page 40
... plants refuse to bear , Each common bush shall Syrian roses wear . But when heroic verse his youth shall raise , And form it to hereditary praise , Unlabour'd harvests fhall the fields adorn , 25 30 And cluster'd grapes fhall blush on ...
... plants refuse to bear , Each common bush shall Syrian roses wear . But when heroic verse his youth shall raise , And form it to hereditary praise , Unlabour'd harvests fhall the fields adorn , 25 30 And cluster'd grapes fhall blush on ...
Page 65
... plants , for magic ufe defign'd , 135 ( The nobleft and the best of all the baneful kind , ) Old Moris brought me from the Pontic strand , And cull'd the mischief of a bounteous land . Smear'd with these powerful juices , on the plain ...
... plants , for magic ufe defign'd , 135 ( The nobleft and the best of all the baneful kind , ) Old Moris brought me from the Pontic strand , And cull'd the mischief of a bounteous land . Smear'd with these powerful juices , on the plain ...
Page 75
... plant her name shall know ; And as the rind extends , the love fhall grow . Then on Arcadian mountains will I chace ( Mix'd with the woodland nymphs ) the favage race . Nor cold fhall hinder me , with horns and hounds To thrid the ...
... plant her name shall know ; And as the rind extends , the love fhall grow . Then on Arcadian mountains will I chace ( Mix'd with the woodland nymphs ) the favage race . Nor cold fhall hinder me , with horns and hounds To thrid the ...
Page 94
... plants , and what will thrive and rife , And what the genius of the foil denies . This ground with Bacchus , that with Ceres fuits ; That other loads the trees with happy fruits ; A fourth with grafs , unbidden , decks the ground : Thus ...
... plants , and what will thrive and rife , And what the genius of the foil denies . This ground with Bacchus , that with Ceres fuits ; That other loads the trees with happy fruits ; A fourth with grafs , unbidden , decks the ground : Thus ...
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