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Vifcount TrIEYFOR D &c.

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.SI zte ofhis moﬁ honour b? e Privy
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forth withoui 4 Dedication to/ome
‘ great Lady, or man 0/ Honour5
and all think themfel‘vecfnﬂfciencly
fecure, if the} can ohtnin hntthe
lea/Z pretence of Authority to cover
their imperfeéfiom: My Lord,
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celebrated wzth 1n [2 afﬁne/e.

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had rather expcfenyt [elf to thefor‘:

. tune of it, then/oo/c moccaﬂan of ‘

acknowledging your I art/ﬂat}?! ﬁt.
wears, which as the} have ohlig’d -
the Father Io ought they to com-
mmzcz’ the gratitude of the Son:
nor Smuﬂ I forget to acquaint your,"

Lord/hip, that the ﬂuthor of this"

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’E‘minent Terfon: in France; and
it were unhappy if it ﬂoould not
' meet wit/9 the fame good Fortune
in England; I am fare the origi-
ginal deférve: it, which though it
may have loﬂ mucb of its Luflre by
my Tranﬂation, will yet recover
it: orealitnvitb advantage, by baa
wing ﬁmnd injour Lortljbipfo Ill n-
ﬂrioma Patron. Great Men leave
in all ﬂges bin favourable to the
M uﬂzx, and alone them loonoura and
your Lordﬂaip, 229/90 125 the true Mo-
del of Virtue and Greatneft, can-
not but havetbe ﬁzme inclinatiom.

for

Dedicatory

for tbe delight: which adorn
t/aoﬁ: Title: 5 efpecz'nl/ , when
they are innocent, and nfeful,
and excellent, no“ this Toem isproa
nonnced to be by the Snﬁn.
get of the mtg/1 difcerning; 1
[Mel elﬂ: my Lord, [appreﬂd m}

. ambition 0f being in Prmt, and

ﬁtting up for a Poet, whit/2 is .

neither my tvn/ent nor deﬂgn :
But my Lord,’ to importune you
no fart/yer, tbnpeiee prefume: not
to intrude into your Cabinet, but to
wait uponyou in your Gardens at

Euﬂcm, where; if wben your

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girue leave, you voucbﬁfe to dz"-
wert your [elf wit!) the ﬁrﬂ Bloﬁ
ﬁnm of my Tomb , :tbey may by
the inﬂuence of your L ore/IMP; fa-
vour , one day produce fruit; of
more maturity, aoa’woﬂéy the 0614 ‘
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My Lord,
’ Your Lordlhips
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and mail obedient

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The

The Preface.
T will doubtlefs appear an in-

. tollerable prefumption in me
to profecute that part of the
perfeﬁeﬁ Work of all Anti-
Equity, which was omitted by the
*moﬁ accompiifhed Poet that ever

wrote. Few are ignorant of what

he fays in the fourth of his Genre
' gickr.

For/itan e?» Pingue: horror qua: cura co- ‘
landi,

Ornaret,canercu,biﬂ3riq; rofaria Pmﬁi :

quue modo potis gauderent inﬁba
r1015,

Er wirider apia ripce.

A You

, The Preface.

You would think in this place that
Virgil was pleafed with his own fancy,
he is {o ﬂuent , nor without caufe,
where he is invited by the charms of
f0 liberal a Sub) 661 But whether he
'was hal‘tened by his deﬁgn’ d Poem of
Bees ', ot that he referved his time for
the fetting forth of his Hero, not much
after he leaves oﬂ‘what he had begun 5
yet not without a commendation of
the Argument1 as worthy to be han-
died by all pofierity. , 1 -

Vern-m bcec ipfe equidemfpaiiir diftlufm'

iniquis

Pmtcren ,xthué aliis puﬁ commemoranda
relinquo.

Now to go on where [0 great a man
left 03 to treat of a matter which if
we may believe Pliny, was able to de-
teolo expert a Writer makes me fear
I can fcarce f1 ee my {elffrom the guilt
of an extream conﬁdence, beﬁdes 1n
the imitation of lo divine a Pattern I

ra i lie

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raife a greater expeélation then I can
fatisﬁe: And the example which I
propofe to my {elf is not {0 much an
advantage to me. as it leads me to an
infallible delhair. What a ralhnefs
is it to attempt that which partly for
the difﬁculty of what Virgil has omit-
ted , partly for the excellency of
what he has perform’d, none ever yet
dared to undertake? The Culture of
Gardens alli) being arrived to that
height, that norhing can'render it
more perfect; and their dignity is~
luch,that when I have done all I can, I
{hall have done lefs then they defervet
Nor wasI a little difcouraged by
the defeéls of the Latina Tongue,
{inceit is an infuﬂ‘erable arrogance to
write of a thing in Latine , of which
the Latinas were wholly ignorant:
For the method of Gardening which
is now in vogue, either of difpoﬁng
Flowers in Beds, or the planting, and
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dour or ornament : hence proceeded
thofe frequent digreﬂions from his
. purpofe, that’he might avoid the in-
convenience of beingtedious‘ which
Ma'robiws fpeaks of in the qth. book
of his Sammalia. In the ’Georgick;
(fays he) after the precepts which
are naturally harlh, he concludes each
book with the interpolition of fome
quicker argument : As the ﬁrﬂ' with
theﬁgns of the Weather 3 the fecond
with the prailes of a conntrey Life;
the third with a mortality among
- Cattel; and the fourth with a per-
tinent ﬁory of Orpbem and mama.
Nor have I bin wantingin that parti-
cu‘lat : having made it my buﬁnefs to
teach with as little rudenefs as I can:
and to advance the dulnefs of the in-
ﬁruﬂion by the freedom of my fancy,
thatI might allay the harlhnefs of
thofe places, which the humility of
the fubjeéi has [0 debafed , that

Other-

T/fe P11434111.
. otherw1fe they would be difpleaf'no’to
the Reader. ‘ A
Yet if I appear too curious .~ I can
defend my felt by the authority of all
, thoFe Greeks, who have written of
Flowers, or their Culture. What
can be more elegant then the defcrip-H
tion which Nicander makes 1n the {e-‘
ond of his Gear gickr of thoFe Gardens
in the territories gof Pifd, which were.“
water d by the river AlpbeM P In
which he lo often makes ufe of thol'e
ornaments ,which Poetry derives from
its fabulous times. It 13 almoﬁ mere.
dihle how copious and eloquent the-
reft are in that argument, of Whom”
Atbemem makes mention in his I 5113. -
book Thole who in verfe treated of
flow ry Garlands, as Cratmm, Hege-Ai,
[341,Anacrea12, Sappbo, 1’ ancrate1‘
Clmremon, Eubulm‘, and 111numerable
others. But I {hould not have {0 freely
made ufe of Fables, in a matter that
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is expeéted to be grave and inﬁru&ive:
I {hould have inquired into the nature
of Flowers and Plants, have defcribed
their properties, and eﬁimated their
virtues. I confefs I {houldg and I
think I have done {0 : Yet not for-
getting that I a& the part of a Poet,
and not of a. Philofopher, to gain
credit by the ‘raw ﬁmplicity of a fern-
pnlons dif'courfe. But‘ though this be
amiddle, and more contraé‘ted way
of writing, yet it {ometimes takes
courage, and exalts‘ itsfelf, that the
ﬂcndernefs of the matter may not
make it- appcar too mean and dejeﬁ-
ed. {To prevent which, the Soul muﬁ
be” exrited, that [o the mind (as Ana-
creon has it) being raifed to a Poe-
tiqnc height, may breath forth divine
raptures.

N30; '9; an}! igOtig.

But

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But the mention of the Heathen
Deitys, by aChriﬂian Authour, perq-
haps will feem abfurd to thofe, who
are ignorant of the Genim of Poetry,
which by the fervices of the gods,
and a feigned terrour of the1r deeree's:
ought iometimes; to elevate the mind,
that it may create admiration , and
for this the liberty that is ufually ill-g
lowed the MuEs is warrant enough,
if we had not that of Religion too,';
which neither thinksit {elf or {1101‘in -
lity injured, by that licence which .a
Poet takes to (et 03 the with, by
the beauty and gracefulnels of 5&1. )
01]. 1. ; 1.; C [Ii

I haVe not been fo nice in Woodg
and Water as in Flowers, ,whofc;
charms forced-me to be a little more
exuberant ':'—Aunlels it'be in fame
places, Where it was Convenient to
make the excellency of Poetry {hints
forth in the delightfulncfs of Fables ,

that

Tbe‘. Pitt/Cages

that lo the work might nOt wholl y la-
bour under the barre‘nnefs of the Pre-
cepts, which it treats of, \ .

In the Orchard, [fear I have not
fatisfy’d their expeﬂationsmho look-
ed for a long Catalogue of Fruits and
Apples, which are (0 numerous that
it were endlefs to go abOUt it 5 in de-
fcribing the diﬂ'erent kinds of Fruit, I
have only touched the heads of things,
after the example of Virgil, who in the
fecond of his Georgickr, {peaks but of
a few of thofe wines which Italy affor-
ded with {0 much Variety‘ and abun~
dance ; nor dos he take notice of any
more then three forts of Olives, and
as ‘many of Pears : for. nothing is
more abhorrent from the nature
of that verfe, then the hateful enu-
meration of particulars, which cannot
but he very tedious, when it defcends
{0 low as to divide every thing
into atomes, like that impertinent

work-

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workman whom Horace {peaks ofin
his Poemr. ' "

Emilia»: circa .Iudum faber imm, (9»
nguer

Exprimet, (/3» moller imitabitur (ere ca-
pillar, ' -

Inﬁrlix oper i5 fnmmd,

A correcoc writer can never fall in-
to this errour, he will rather make
choice with judgment, then be _volu§7
minous. But ﬁnce I cannot aVoid'
being faulty in many things -:'? [were
unwife if I {hould endeavour to excure
all. Therefore not to tire the Reader
(whofe favour I implore)-With a long
Preface, I will make no more apolov
gies for my felf, but only add a Word
or two of the'end, that is propofed in
an inﬁruﬂive Poem: which as it is
the fame‘with that of all Poetry, is
very eaﬁe. NOt but that it is more

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generous, then to inﬁﬁ wholly upon
vanities and triﬂes : although its chief
. talent lies in being delightful: that
.which makes'Philol’ophy it {elf ap.

ear wifer then other things, is the
harﬂanefsby, which it renders the truth
more difﬁcult to be attain’d. The '
end of that Poetry is as‘ofﬁall the ref”:
to teach which as Horace intimates to

Loliim.

Hydrﬁt pnlchrum, quid u‘turpe, quid
§,.'u,tile, quidmn ' - "
Elwin/1 ac melim Chryﬁppo, e9» Cran-
' tore dicit; , , .. '

Though Seneca in other. things is no
inconﬁderate writer, yet here he is {o
confident a ~Cr‘itique,that I have no paé- ‘
tic'nce with him,when hecenfures Vin,
gil in his Georgickg‘, for making it his
' bufinefs not fo. much to {peak truth,as
what: was. graceful and ornamental ‘,

and

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and to have rather’aimed at the delight
of the Reader, then the improvement
of the Husband-man :' Thus he de-
ﬁroys the main defign of the Gentiler
for: of Poetry, which was never more
happily carryed on then by Virgil.
Thereforeas to this point, I value the
opinion of Seneca but little; from
whom I may appeal to the judgment
of antiquity, which is ever to be re-
verenced by all wife men. It is ma-
nifeft enough, how improbable it is,
that a man f0 well feen in the wdrks
.of nature, and one who 3&3 with To
much ﬁriétnels in other things, {hould
play the fool where he intends to in-
ﬂruéi. For what is more below a ge-
nerous man, then to triﬂe where he
lhould teach; or to dwell upon nice-
tys,where hepromifes that which is
ferious : and no one who is not very
ﬁupid can impute this to Virgil ?

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ancients to have written of agriculture.
But of all thofe none but Menecrates
the preﬁan,‘ and H2200! wrote in
verfe, and Heﬁod was t eﬁri’t, who as
Pliny teﬁiﬁes : Thoufands of years
a o, in theinfancy oflearning, gave
the ﬁrﬂ rules of Husbandry 3 though
indeed He/iod treated of the manners
of men , more then the nature of
things 5 which was what he propofed
to himl‘elf': {0 that he aﬁs the part of
a M‘oraliﬁ,rather then of a true Poet :
Yet he deferves inﬁnite praife 3 but
not f0 much as Virgil, whole perfor-
mances in that kind, are above admi-
ration. ,This is the reafon that makes 1
'me look upon him, as one who con;
trary to the mode of the reﬂ of the
Poets promiles nothing of himfelf but
without modeﬂy and plainnefs which
in my opinion is the mofl approved
method of a good underﬁanding;
whole clearnels is the perfeét accom—
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' FI-‘loivér'tﬁ Gz'irdens chiefeﬂ grate I Hn’g‘,‘
0 How you may Gr'wé': t6 belt pcrfeétio'd
bring g
0? Aqageduﬂs, of Fruit; tﬁe cure a'nd ufc:
This to (h: World is pubnfh'd by my Mufei‘
Ye Gods that make the earth tci hﬁétiﬁe,‘

Let no rude tempcﬂ now diﬁurb the Skit.
3' Through

'2 F L O W E R S.

Through patbsby the Poetick Trainuntrod, -
Apoﬂo calls, though ﬁrft to Mara ihow'd ; ‘
w hen in the end "or his difcmirfe. he writes,
What molt th’ Italian fertile Soyl delights ;
To till the ﬁeld his thrifty 5%“? he taught 5 .

Gardens to plant, left for fomeiaren’thought,

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”ibis Poets fodtﬂeps I can onely trace ;
Nor darel think to equalize his pace,
K Whole hm‘ly‘ﬁn ight by 'n‘cifhing Z phrfue;

But my weak eyes, and keep him in my View;

Thou that art mine,and learning: greeteit light,
Under whol'e inﬂuence juﬁice ihinesmore bright
Lawton, ii with thy Laws fevere defence,

And State-ﬁfths a while thou-caulk dif pence 5
Afford my Gardens room within thy mind,

Though to the Laws and Government rciign'di

While '

FLOWERS. ,3

While with impartial fentence you decide ‘
Caufes,by int’reﬁ, not aifeélion ty'd;

While your example is to all a law,

- And your own virtue vice it {elf do’s awe 5 ‘
Yet to alleviate this fublimer care, I
Grant to the Mules in your thoughts at ﬂrare.
Though] perhaps to lower ends afpir‘e‘,

Some kinder God may fet my foul on ﬁre;

' Then ﬂralll ling= and publifh loud your farm, 4
And in due numbers celebrate your name :

The Woods {hall you,the Human: you refound;
Your praife lhal eccho from the fruitful ground.
My Flowers to your Temples {hall be joyn’d, _
Which for immortal Garlands are deﬁgn’d.

Soyl ﬁt for Gardens ﬁrft of all prepare,
To th’Eaﬁ expos’dgefr eih’d with wholefom air,‘

I 'B 2 Where

7. . my “mums.“

4 . FLOWERS.

Where no near hill his lofty head prefumes
’l" advance, or noil'orne Fens exhale in fumes.
Where no dnll vapours from the Pools infeét ;
Flow'rs mcft of all the open air affeét,
But before this you ought to know the (late,
And nature of the earth you cultivate,
TTis beﬁ,where fat and clammy ground you fee a
Flow'rs with rich {oyl moﬁ properly agree.
This rank with weeds of a luxuriant blade.
Culture admits, and is for flowers made.
Learn that t’ avoid, where deep in barren clay
The fpeckled Em their yellow bellies la y.
Where burning {and the upper-hand obtains,
Or where'with chalk unfruitful gravel reigns.
And leﬂ th‘ external rednefs of the Soyl
Deceive your labours, and del'pife your toyl;
Deeply beneath the furrows thruft your fpade-i
Outward appearance many hath betray’d.
: '7 Earth

".ELOWERS.'Z 5
Earth under the green Sward may be inclos’d -‘
To a rough (and, or burning clay difpos’d,
Some I've oblerv‘dgwhonf the ground they ﬁnd
To bring forth {tones or Pebbles be inclin’d,
Silt it, left they the tender blade moleﬂ,

And by their Weight the ﬂowers be Oppreﬂ. .

Now if borh earth and air anl‘wer your ends,
(For earth upon air’s in ﬂuence depeh‘i‘ls)
Inlarge your profpeé}, nor conﬁne yo'ﬁ ﬁght

To narrow bounds; Flow’rs in no '{ha‘des de- '

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4‘ 3.

light. 1 a} ”
Break with the Rake, if ﬁilfer clods abound,
And with ir'n rollers level well thegroﬁnd. ;
Nor yet make haﬁe your borders to defcr‘ibe 3"
But let the earth the Autumn ﬂ'lOW’IS imbibe;
That after it hath felt the Winter eold, _
You may next Spring turn up,& rake the mold”

5x "FL0WER&

This done. your Box in various forms difpofe,
Such as were heretofore unknown to thofe,
Whole gardens norhing ow’d to modern art 5
Deckt by what kinder Nature did impart,
Among ignobler Plants you then might view,
Where bluihing Roles intermingled grew :

No {paeious Walks, no Alleys were deﬁgn’d,
Edg‘d by green Bog, all yet was unreﬁn’d.

Flora at ﬁt“ was unadom’ d, and rude;
Happ’ ning at Liber’ s Orgies to intrude.
The Feaft approch’ d, the neighb ring Deities
Were prefentr, thither old Silenm hies,
Mounted on’s Afs, with whom the Satyrs joyn
In drunken Bacehanals, and {parkling Wine. ‘
ﬂere Ciéele through Magi: {o rever’d,
A“?! with the rel} our Flare too-{nppear’m

Her

FLOWEK$** 7
Her hair upOn her {boulders loofely plaid ,‘
Or pride, or beauty this negleét had made;
How e‘re it was, the Other Goddeﬂ'es
Laugh’d, and defpis’d the rudenfs of her chefs.-
This pity mov’d in Berccintlaz'a’s hea: t,
Who griev‘d to fee her Daughter want that art,
Which others V us’d ; and therefore to repair
Thofe imperfeaions, {he adorn’d her hair i
With various ﬂow’rsgher temples thefe incloi'e,
Ahd Box which Nature on each ﬁeld bellows.
Her Mine’s now alt'red, every charming grace

Strives to be moﬁ confpicuous in her face.

‘ As this to Flora greater beauty gives 5
So hence the Gard’ner all his art derives. '
l The Romans, and the Grecian: knew no: how
To form their Paths, and [at their Flotvers as

B 4 , Goodr

'39’ FLOWERR

Goodn‘efs ofair and (by! perhaps might be

. Occaﬁons of our curioiity _

In Gardens ; and the Genius too of Fun“,

With time, this bid} improvement might ad?
vance.

So that if you a Vila do deﬁre
With Gardens, for a skiliul man enquire §
Who with his Penf' 1 can on Parchment draw
The form of your intended Work. No ﬂaw,
No errour '{capes you: Thus deformity

Tirneiy appears to your conﬁderate eye.

In thoufand Figures forne their Box infoid,
As was the Cretan Labyrinth of old. ‘ I '
Thefe artiﬁcial Mazes {ome reject,

Who more the Ebrygiu Flouriﬂhes aﬁ'ea :
And‘ithgfe as many vaxious textures taught,»

As unconnb’d. wool by Tjritn Virgins wrought;
. . J i . . a .. . 9th?“-

\

I FLOWERS." ‘ 9

lothers with Squares, lefs' diff’rent, Rrive to
pleafe

Themfelves, in which the fragrant ﬂow’rs with
cafe, ‘

And pleafure too, may (keep to the command

Of the fpeétators eye, and gath’rers hand.

I will not divers knors to you fuggeﬂ',
To chufe of them which pleafe your fancy belt;
That is preferable beyond compare,

Which with the fcantling of your ground doth,

fquare.

When all things thus provided are, again;
Level your ground, that, being frnoorh 8t plain,
Garden, and borders borh may even be, -

Admitting no irregularity.

.As foon as fnowy Winter difappears‘,» ' hr

In planting Box employ your Labourers :

You

‘6 ' FLOWERS.

You mull not triﬂe then, let no delay ,
Retard, when Sun and temp’rate air give Way.

'Where {mallet limits cannot this afford,

With brick they‘muﬂ contented be, or board ,
For Box would there the ﬂowers over-made,
And too much of the narrow {pot invade.

This rule for larger Gardens was not meant,
Where Box is thought the greateﬁ ornament.‘
And howfoe’te you cultivate a place 3

If it wants Box, you take away its grace.

In ﬂow’rs {0 great a difference we find,
Do we regard their natures, or their kind;
Thata gOod Floriﬂ cannOt do amifs,

To learn their natures, and their properties :
Chiefl y the feafons when to let and Sow,
And in what foyl what Plants do me to grow.

The

FLOWERS. 1':

The feeds, and forts of ﬂow'r-s no number own;
Neither is that of 5.1m: roots more known.
The tenderneis of {ome makes them deﬁre
Propitious Spring, that then they may afpire
Into the air 5 while others Mich are bold,
Contemn North~winds. and ﬂouriﬂi through

the cold. K
Thefe love the warmer fun 5 thofe, cooler thade.
Nor is the vigor equally convai'd

T9 all from ‘h, earth; for ﬂowers‘ will abound 7

Sometimes in dry, oft in unfruitful ground.
Earth that is barren, and do’s ﬂones produce,
Though often ’tis improper, is of ufe ‘
Sometimes in raiﬁng ﬂow’rs: Therefore again
I muﬂ give warning to the Husbandman,

That he obferve the feafons, and with care ‘
Read the contents of the Celeﬂiial Sphear

That he take notice in the monethly (late,
And order, how the Stars difcriminate.

. What

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t2 FLOWERS.

What alterations, in the calmer air it 7
The Eamhnd troubled Southern winds prepare: :1
That from the Rife and Setting of the Sun,
And by the al'pea of the horned Moon,
Showers to come, ahd tempeﬁs he prefagc,
And how to Heav’n we may our faith engage.
Wherein the greater and the lelfer Bear

Do's your Plantations infe&,or {pare :

How far the Hyaa’: with excelﬁve Growers,
And the Atlantic]: Pléiad: hurt your ﬂowers;
Who th’ obfervation of the liars uegleCt,
Toolate are lenﬁble of their efl'eé’t.

They with our labours correfpondence hold,
And all the [carers of our Art infold.

To be more lure, you ought before to know
The Winds , and diff’rent Quarters whence
they blow.

Elfe

FLOWER& 'g‘
Elfe Other Gardens yen in vain admire;
Though Weﬁern Breezes With the Spring con-
fpire, '
Yet no appearance of the Winds obey ;
For moﬁ of all they now their faith betray.
If Arie: with his golden ﬂeece appeér,
And Zephyr” fOretells the Spring is near 3
Yet tome unlucky Planet menaces
The Fields, and Gardens,and diﬂurbs the Skies.
The South-wind now againﬁ: the Corn , and
Flowers,
L Rages with frequent and deﬁruﬁive lhowers.
of the remaining cold we (hould beware,
And fee if ought of Winter hang i’th’ air ;
Its cruel footﬁeps often ﬂay behind:
Therefore remember {bill to bear in mind .
The Seafons that molt proper are to low 5

For thus your feed will profper bell, and grow.
As

 

' As foon as e're the knots have ﬁll’d their (pace, ,

Lell: noxious weeds lhould over-fpread‘ V the '

place,

Between the Borders, and the Beds. you may‘
Lay Gravel, and {o takethe weeds away ;

For if you {offer them to get to head,

Mallows Sc Thillles o’re your walks will fpread.
Butlet not this check your deﬁgn at all;

The earth in time will be reciprocaL

No looner has the Sun o’recome the cold,

when with aﬁonilhment you will behold

Your Gardens riches, whiter far then .l'now,

0n abroad leaf the Primrofe ﬁrﬁ will blow. "
It keeps not always conﬂant to a dye,

But loves its colours to diverﬁﬁe. -

The Grecian Gydmim from far they bring, '
. The red and white borh ﬂourilhin the Spring; I
Woody

PI 0 W ‘E"‘K’3“:‘f - . 5
' Woody Zuyntlm, ﬂony Cm'm, I
And Corcyruh Mountains theﬁ: produce :
l’th' Summer months they ﬂourifhmnd though
late,

I

‘ In Autumn too their ﬂowers prOpagate.
This Seafon {oft Fumria todobeys,
. And in Bavaria» Rocks it {elf dif plays '
In various colours ; but is known to die,
Soon as we hearth’ Artilg’ry Of the Sky 5
Blaﬁcd by Sulph’rous vapours, as if dead, . .._
1t droops, and yidds to th’;embics vanquifht
head. . _;
Now In? fpringsmhichfrom the heav’njy Bow,
Is nam’d, and dad! as many coloufs fhow.
its Species, and its Tinaures diff. rent are,
According to the {ca fons of the year.

I 16' . i ' FLOWER Sf

By th' coming of the Swallotvgwc divine,
’Iwill not belong before that Gabardine, ,
Which from that bird alone its name derives,

Favour’d by gentler Weﬁern-wirrds revives.

Golden Nmijfa: alio now afpires ;
w ho looking on himfelf, himfelf admires,
He fondly tempting the deﬁrué’tive Pow’r
of Beauty, from a Boy became a Flow’r.

Nor longer can the Violetsfuppxefs
Their odours, clouded in a ruﬂick drefs ;
Girt round with Leaves, without varieties
Of colours, from the humble turf they" rife.
If We may credit what the Poets write,
She was Diana’s Nymph, her {ole delight.
With her [ambit follow‘d in'each chaee,
Next to the Goddefs, after nonein place.

As

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As (he was feeding the Maren: Cows;
By Mosh: feen, in love with her he grows :
Nor could he long conceal within his breaﬂ
Loves wound, the frighted Maiden {lraight ad‘

dreﬂ

Her {elf to th’Goddefs. Ah! dear ﬁller, fly,
Said (he, if you’l prelerve Virginity
Untouch‘t: you mull all open grounds forbearl '
‘ And lofty hills, for he’l purfue you there.
To Thickets, and forfaken Vales {he hyes,
And all alone by {hady Fountains lyes.
Nor did her modeﬂy her form deprefs,
But (he was valued more, for her recels.
The God perceiving nothing ell’e avail,
Attempts by theft, and cunning to prevail.
‘Dz'ana then forefeeing ’twas in vain

'To think with life her honour to maintain ,

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Q FLOWER&

Ah 1 let thatbeauty periih then, {he faid,

And ioon :1 duskiih colour did invade

The changing Nymph, who rather chofe to be
S rill virtuous, though with deformity.-

The ﬁelds and lower valleys thefe afford,

And among brambles of their own accord,

They ipring ; nor {hould their ﬁre at all abate
Of their eileem, whofe value is {0 great.

'If {harper cold give leave, about this time
The Hyacinth {boots up from Phrzhus crime.

. At (Lucits he playing, by Eurota'Nide,

Chanc’d the boy’s tender temples to divide.

The Godand youth at once appaﬂcd flood 5 '

He through his guilt , and he through mm: oft
Hood 5 i

From which, in pity of his angry fate,

A ﬂow’r arofe, which oft do’s change its (late, ‘

Anti

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FLOWERS. r hm

And colour; and to one peculiar kind,

No more then to one feafon is conﬁn’d.

Now Meadow-Saffron divers colours yields 5
And on a {lender ﬁalk adorns the ﬁelds.

Th~ earrh grown by reafon of internal heat;
Patient of Culture, let your Gard’ner (e:
In beds prepar’d, what Seeds he do‘s intend
For Summergnd with care their growth attend
' As Linum, Celt/)4, Lycbm's, Cyanies,
M41114 , De.’pbiiiimn, and Ant/Jemé‘,
With fragrant Melila: for feed receiv’d,
Ing around before prepar ’,d may be reliev’d;
If th’ earth defeé‘civ‘e be by being dreft ; ‘
3 Or by refrelhing ﬁreams if drowth moleﬁ:
It were an endlefs labo’ur to fet down

The ﬂow’rs,which in the Spring are to be fown‘

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ao ’ FLOWER

The moiﬂer Spring makes all in time appear;

And {hews the hopes of the fucceeding year.

Then, above all the ﬂowers in the bed,
The Crown Imperial elevates his head :
Around him all the num’rous vulgar {pring;

As if they humbly would {alute their King.

Beneath the top a golden Crown is plac’t;
This by a verdant tuft of leaves is grac't:
Four ﬂoxvrs, with leaves inverted to the earth,
Do from one [talk alone derive their birth,
Nor would there any other this excell,

If to its Beauty, were but added Smell.

Let nor your Tulips, through the vernal
(how’rs,

Make too much bane, to {pread abroad their
ﬂow'rs.

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For

F L 0 W E R S. 2 I
For th’ heavy afpeas of the Moon would prove,
With froft pernicious to them which love
To ﬂouriih molt-,when Winters cold gives way:
And gladfome Sun thine do’s ferene the day.
Then on the beds in thicker ranks they ﬁnd,
And in the air their {ported leaves expand.
Their beauty chieﬂy from their Colour ﬂows;
For whither on the leaves they do inclofe
A {nowy whitenefs intermixt with red ;
Or like the Crimfon Bloud :1 Purple {hed ;
Or the deep Murrey into W'an decay’d;
Like a pale Widow under :1 black (bade ;
Or in ﬁrip’d ﬁrakes with py’d e/Irlmte: vies,
The Tulip from the reﬁ ﬁili' bears the prize.

Though now a ﬂow’r, yet Dalmattls before,

Hard by T imam: Sping a blew Nymph bore 5

C 3 This

‘ a; F _L OWE R s. ‘ '
\This Was her mother: changing Proteus
Her Father was 5 whole ﬁckle Genie:
She follows, when Vertumm: had fearcht due
The world, at lall near to Timavus (here,
In the Illyrian hounds, the Maid he fees ;
. And while with ﬂatt'ring words he ﬁrives to
pleafe
His Miﬂrefs, {he from his addreﬂes ﬂies,
Though in her colours he diverﬁﬁes
Himl‘elf, yet ﬂill {he fruﬁrate his deﬁres ;
' And would nut nourilh his unlawful ﬁres. .
At lafl, in hopes this would all doubts remove,
Hetells her he’s a God, a God in love.
Yet {he pexﬁﬂs 5 which caufes him to try
.By force to make the tender Maid comply .-
Now {he implores the Gods, :ind by their pow’r

'1“ avoid the ravifher, becomes a ﬂow‘r.

The

‘ The ornaments and ﬁllets which adorn’d
Her head and golden hair, to leaves were turn’d.
W here her breaﬂ was,a\ {lender {talk do’s grow’
Girt with a tuft of fpreading leaves. below 5
In an orbic‘lar ﬁgure, like a cup, ‘
Upon this {’talka ﬂower rifes up,
Conﬁfting of ﬁx leaves, which proudly {how I

The difl‘rent colours Nature can beﬂow.

This Nymph,though now a Flower,cannot yet» _

Her fancy for ﬂrange colour’d clothes forget.

In the worft mold this ﬂower better thrives 5
And barren earth miraculouﬂy gives
More beauty to it, then a fertile ground,
And when leaft ﬂrong, it is moﬁ, com‘ely found‘ ,
If to your Tulips you will adde more grace,

,‘ Tia beﬂ: to let them in a fainter place.
C 4 For

:4 F L 0 WE R 5.1

Forif you put them in aricher bed, '

The goodncfs of the foyl will make them red.

Y Wen out of ev’ry bed the H )w‘rs difclofe '

Themfelves , if that the humid South- wind
blows, _

Or from the drier North if Berna move,

Bring Garlands to the Altars 5 for they love

With thefe to be adorn’d. Thus Glycera

Appeas’d great 7012:, and did the ﬂorms allay.

A ﬂow’ry Wreath was then the ornament,

With which the modeﬁ temples were content,

Profufenefs had not on the vulgar gain’d ;

And Vows to leﬂhr bounds were then reﬁrain‘d.

I by my own experience do ﬁnd,

That a wet April with a Southern wind,

Deltroys

FLOWERS. a;
' Deftroys the horrour of the Spring again,

And makes our early expeétations vain.
Throughout the Sabine Valleys heretofore
Bath’d all in Wine, the Shepherds us’d t‘ adore
Ceieﬁial Pale: : Hay was th’ Offering,
Which for their Seed & Cattle theﬁdid bring;
The Chaff confum’d th’ Infernals to appea fe:
Them with their Februan Rites they {hove to

pleafe,

That Moneth o’re which the Ram is preﬁdent?
Brings forth the Bellides, the ornament
of Virgins now, though heretofore they were

Nymphs of the Meads themfelves; among

them are

Thofe of the Woods, whofe ﬂaiks difcriminate
'1' heir Species, from them which propagate

. ' Them-
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FL 6 W ER ST "

Themfelves'in Gardens, made of liner threads,
On leﬂ‘er {talks thefelhew their painted heads.

/

The white strum» In} now appears;
But thofe are yellow, Laﬁtam‘a beats:
One, for i ﬁgure, is by fome deﬁr’d ;

The other, for its colour, more admir’d. '

With leaves condens't on the lém’m hills
Exalted high, now fpriugs the Daﬁodills ;
And Water-mint in moiﬁer vales we End,
For Garlands ﬁt, when ’tis with Myrtle joyn'd.
With its three colours too the ﬂow‘r of 70m
We fee, which had it Smellrwould equal prove
To th' Violets : Adam? alfo ﬂow’rs, ”—

Whole lofs Idalz'an Venus f0 deploreS.

And thou Rammculm, whole fame refounds

Almong theNymphs that dwellin Lyéianbounds.

. Thou
i

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FL‘O W E R 5. 'f 27
TThou through the fields in parti-colour’d drel's
.Afpir’ﬁ, thy palenel‘s do‘s thy thoughts confers.
.' The love- ﬁck youth once with the iame deﬁre

ilnﬂam’d h;m§elf, and let the Nymphs on ﬁre.

Thel‘e ﬂoav’rs with eaﬁe culture are content; ’

‘ The Mattock, Rake, or other Inﬁrument, ‘

' They trouble nor; for if with faﬁ’nedrooc
[ Into the air they once but dare to moor,

The bed once made, by wat’ring them you gain ‘

So mu.h of pleafure for (0 little pain.

Nor yellow Cali/cm with their paler light
Would I iorget, {hew’d firﬂ to Auk ﬁght
On the Sicilian {bore 5 which from the Sun,

Towards which they look , draw their com-
plexion.

With curled threads, and top divided now
Along the margin of your borders grow

Stock-

28 ' FL OWE-RS.-
Stock-Gilly-ﬂow'rs, whole blufhing leaf may

fear,
And jultly too, the {harpnel's of the air.
Therefore becaufe they cannot well prefer we
Themfelves againﬂ ill weather, they deferve
A place in earthen pots 5» the bell defence
Againﬁ the North, and Winters violence.
Then if November with its horrid ihow’rs
Should rage, it cannot prejudice your ﬂow’rs.
For thus difpos'd, when danger menaces,

To warmer lheds they are remov‘d with cafe.

Our ﬁelds may now of that Sambucu: boaft.
Which ﬁrﬁ was borrow’d from the Geldriw
Coaﬁ;
Its candid ﬂow’rs when they themfelves dilate,

Do moﬂ: the fweﬂingRofes imitate.

To

FLOWERS w

To make the year prove kind, Pollamius -
T I’th’ Mayan Calends ﬁiﬁ. did introduce
‘ The Rites of Flora ; for the Husbandrnan'
In Rural matters newly then began
‘ T’employ himfelf, his hair with Privet bound 5
7 About the placethe Floral Rites refound .

5 Swains to their Temples pleited Garlands ioyn 5
‘ Then new-blown ﬂow’rs they offer’d at the
Shrine .

é O’th’ Goddefs 5 for fuch Off’rings as thefe

L Did bcﬁ the Mother of the ﬂow’rs appeafe.
B ut when the Ram,who boldly heretofore
Upon his back effay’d to carry o’re
His Heﬂc, difappears, from other feed

I Anather race of ﬂow’rs will fucceed.

If

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[ k If with kind alpeas gentle mercury
E . 'Favour his mother Maia from the Sky;
-' If the 01mm Goat no ﬁorms portend,
And no black ﬂiowers from the clouds defcendé
Now, more then ever, will the wanton ground a
With all the Species of Herbs abound. I
The prickly Hedges now their Odours give 5
And Tam’rxkk: with their precious leaves revive,
, Soft Cicer too will ﬂouriih,and green Broom, \‘
7' g' With (alocaﬁa which from Egypt come;
- Acambu: girt with how, and thorns, we fee,
And bright Ruthenium, with Roiemary,
'I‘ rim/1:74., Sage, and Parﬂey, once the Meed, ‘
Which to the Iﬂbm'an Victor was decreed ; 1
Dames Violets appear, with MeadowRue 5 ’

   

Among the A 1p: Phalangium we purfue.

Through“

‘FLOWERS
" Through Aﬂabrogian Vales Ifapyrum,

Time, Rbamms, Houﬂeck, and Amirrlzimzu,

With woody Nerd, Arcadian $24on that

.3!

Which Homer: Poerns {0 much celebrate,
By the lame culture thefe we mile from Seed:
With them inveﬂ your ﬁelds, let ev’ry bed

Be then replenifht 5 for a naked {pace
' The honour of your Garden would difgrace
The Seafons known, next learn how deep in

mold

* You ought the feeds of ﬂowers to infold.

Among high branches lofty Piony

, Proudly afpires, Rain d witha Crimfon dye.
A colour, as it guilty odours fhow,

Its crimes, and not its bluﬂies did bel’cow.

A happy Nymph, if her more peaceful hours
Had not been troubled bydivine amours ;

Mortal

F’v my,

3 2 F L 0 [V E. K. 3.
Mortal addrelfes (he relus’d, as vain,
Guarding ,Alcinous iheep upon the Plain.
And n0thing yet perhaps had made her yield,
Till an immortal Lover won the ﬁelds

' Convolmlm difdaining to be bound
With divers ﬂow’rs dilated, now is found
In the moiﬂ Vales 5 then mighty Nature
wrought,
While Lillies once employ’d her buﬁe thought 3
A little work, if with the tell compar’d 3
When [he to greater things her felf preplr‘d.
i
V Blew-bottle, Lark- (put, of their own accord
Now in the ﬁelds their diil’rent leaves afford.
Painted Blattaria, pois’nous Acanite
Wolls-grals, wild Baﬁl, Fennel which delight

In

FLOWEK& ,3;

In various forms and colours all, and now

Along the borders all their beauties {hom

Thefe, and a thoufand Others will contend
T' enrich your Garden; Odours too alcend
Spreading themfelves through the ferener air; ‘
Where gentle breezes {trive to blefs the yeah
This makes the fertile Meadows all rejoyce, I
And P11110021: with her charming voice; a
And this invites the wanton ﬂocks to play,

As they amidﬂ their fruitful Poltnres ﬁray.’

Who could be fo unkind as to petfwade;

I fhould for th’ wan forfake my Countreye
lhade 1‘

Such joys I’le eVer love,ind (hould be glad

At thoie delightful Rivers to be (laid,-

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34. F L 0 W E R 3.
Near thee,0 Tom, between the Cher and Loin
Where we 'the Rural Miracles admin

Of France. Thou native Soyl of Gardens

hail l '

To the Sarrentim Hills, the Sabine Vale,
Or the 0:541:11» ﬁelds thou giv’lt not place.
Thee {oft Feremum, nor the Katine Cha‘ce
Excell, nor what Phalantu: did poffel‘s,
Or the (wee: lhades which happy 12'er blefs. F

Beﬁdes the (203% with Streams andpoun’;
tains grac’t,
And oneach ﬁde Vail traéls of Meadows plac't;

The neighb’ring Hills all let with Vihes, the
Town,

Which its rich merchandizes {o renown ;
The peOples inclinations', whole {oft clime" '

Ha’s rcndred them polite, they lpend their time

In

F L.0 IVE RS. ”315
In ﬁlken works 5 here {hady Woods are feen, '
And Meadows covet’d with eternalgrcen :
Gardens, as if. immortal, ne're decay,
And fading ﬂow’rs to frefher ﬂill give way. '-

Such is Saint Germans, which the Pow’rs 6f
Frame
Inhabit, or the Vale of Mmmmmc,
Such ﬁelds are waih'd by th Sci» 5 Medan 5 like
this; a . ’
And {uch Saint Cloud, with famous Ruel is.

The Penﬁle Gardens of Smimmk, V. 2 ,3
' The Orchard kept by the Hgﬂmides, _ _ ‘
‘Whofe Apples watch’d by Dragnnsarc be-

licyd; 4 ~ . 3;;
LOr vain Elyzz'm 9£ the Greek: receiv d3

..,

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36 FLOWERS.

Cannor approach the Stream , and Groves,
which France

Adorn, or the prond Struaures which advance

Her Fame, where pow’rful Art with Nature
ﬁrives,

And Rivers into large Canales derives.

From Turn: front in fun: the Hyde!
Appear, and lowring clouds diﬁnrb the Skies 3
With prayers therefore you mull Heaven ap—

peafe,

And by devotion make the tempeﬁs ceafe :
Then will the earth be fpangled o’re anew,
And high-topt Lycbm} brings it {elf in view.
Afpbadel too, by learned Heﬁod priz’d,
Whofe roors out temp’rate Anceﬂors fuﬂic’d.
Next thefe the greater £14511, which bring
Their name of old from a mum»: King.
The

‘FLOWE‘RS‘. ” 37

c The Shield-leav’d my": , and Cirjﬂu bath
fain’d,

In humane ﬁgures to be once contain’d :

The ﬁrﬂ, a famous Darla» Hunter was;

The la“, :1 Shepherd of the Argim race.

Like the Cone-bearing Cyprefs now we lee ,

Linan‘a, which obtain’d in In!)

A better name, by them call’d Beludm 5

Nor Aquilegia longer can defer

To ﬂow’r, its leaves a Violet- purple ﬂains,

With uranium}, as long as Taurus reigns,

It grows : The ﬂow’r of Helen too al'cencis,

Which init {elf bath colours comprehends,

That Helen ancient Ilium did deﬂroy ;

Her eyes, and nor the Greeks, fer ﬁre on Trayg

She Aﬁ4 ﬁll’d, and Europe with alarms,

And her high quarrel put the world in arms.
The 1

{’(‘r
x

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g .

Then Germ» Fox-glove,with difcolour’el rays,
And lovely Calamlnt it fell dilplayss "
Tbryaﬂzk, Anthem, od-Itbiapis,

With $57134, whole thrice ﬂow’ring ﬁguiﬁes,
Like amid, the three Seafons ﬁt to plow.
Lyman, obfcure C erjntbc, All-heal too

Will lhew i: (elf, known by its 13m dye,

With multitudes of the ignobler fry.

Nov? Iperceive from whence there Odour's
ﬂow;
While on the Roles kinder Zephyr: blow.
,Out of the prickly {talk the Purple-ﬂow’r
Springs, and commands the vulgar to adore.
The Garden- Qgeen do’s now her {elf difplay,’
Selling the lul’tte of the tiling day.

And ‘

FndWExa‘ y

" And Cynthia too withdraws her wearied ﬁght,
Grown pale, and vanquifh-‘d by excefs of light.‘
She, who not yet had fpread her tender leaves,
Impatient now of her conﬁnement, cleaves
Thrugh all impediments 5 her form divine
Speaking her juﬂzly of a Royal Line.
Her blufhing modefty would make you guefs,
That {he was chaﬂe, if not her Virgin-drefs.-

3 Thereforeﬁncc Bland and Virtue [0 agree,

. It [hem her Clmﬂcnefs, and her Maia/Z},

r. The vfmqgniam falfly do combine
iAmong themfelves replace this Heroine.
lFalﬂy, I fay; for {he’s to Greece allow’d,
IWhere Seaogirt Corinth to her Scepter bow’d.
Game of her Beauty ' {preads through ev’ry

place, , .
”And Kings themfelves pay homage to her Face.
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Warlike Halrfxa Era of all arrives,

Then high-born Bria, who himfelf derivd,

From {even-fold Nile; next Ax-arm'd Arm
hies, I '

Cover'd with Laurels, proud of Viaories 3

Which after various perils undergone,

His conqu‘ring arms on Tbcém Plains had won.

All thefe he proﬁrates at her Royal Feet,

In horse (och Oﬂ’rings might acceptance meet.

Proud of her Beauty, (he replies, her charms

7 Yield noc to (rich mean Arts, but manly Arms‘

No longer hearkens to their idle vows,

But in the midﬂ of armed Troups the goes

T0 with”, and his ﬁllers fane, deﬁres

Diana‘s aid againﬂ immodell: ﬁres.

The iurious Lovers now with force attaque

The Qgeemhe Temple-doors they open break. -
A ‘ ~i . from

F L o W E R s. « 4 t
.From whence repell’d , their Miﬂrefs makes
them feel -
The dire effeé’ts of her inraged Reel.

Perhaps her courage, more then feminine,
Mingled with modeﬂ blulhes made her thine .
More {plendidly 5 or elfe fome irelh {upplies ‘
Of lightning were confpicuous in her eyes.
Something there was that had amaz’d therude
And duller Genius of the multitude :

For with loud {hours they daringly prefer

Rbodanrhe: name before Diana’s : her

They now adore, and inthe Goddefs ftead,

Cry out Rhedanthe {hall be deiﬁed

When learn’d Apoﬂo from the Azure Sky

Beheld Rbadantbe: great impiety,

With vengefull ﬂames,that did obliquely glide, 4

He makes her curl'e her {acrilegious pride. '1
Clol‘e

""A 4'?- FLOWERS. ,

Clol'e to the Altar now her feet are ioyn’d s
‘ Which fpreadipg roots do ' yet more ﬁrmly
bind. .
1 Her arms are bought; and though {he fenfelefs
grows, ' }
Yet great and comely in her change (he lhows.‘
She had not lefs perfeaion, then before ;
And fair Marimba is as fair a ﬂow’r;
Happy, if {he had never merited
Thofe honours which to her deﬂruaion led.

Apollo’s vengeanceaﬁoPsl not coldly here;
The irreligions vulgar now appear
Transform'd to thorns ; which in that {hapev
contend ‘ _
With dreadful poin‘tsmhadanthc to defend.
Into a Butterﬂy Hate/u: goes ;
'Arcm t’ a Drone 5 while valiant Bria grows
‘ A

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FLOWERS)“ ‘ 4;.

1A Caterpiﬂer; who with one confent A

FI‘heir former Miﬁrefs in new .{hapes frequent.

And though this ﬂow’r' be juﬂly plac't above
:All others, yet it 60’s not laﬂin‘g prove,
mm the ée/l things‘do foam/l bend to Fate ;
~And nothing can be duraélc that} great.

I cannoc all the species rehearﬁe' ‘
20f Rofes, in the narrow bounds of Verfe;
Some Curl‘d , fome wav’d about the top are
found.
2And Others With a thoufand leaves are crownvd 5
lThrough which the ﬂaming colours do appEar.
”Others are ﬁngle, not t’ 1nf It on here
Either the Damask, or Numidt‘an Rofe,
Dr Cijhu, which 1n Laﬁtanz'a grows.

Rofcs

44 FLOWERS.

Rofes unarm’d,if you the earth prepare,
May be produc’t, but they in danger are ; '
Becaufe unguarded; for what excellence

’ Can be fecure on eerth without defence '3
Though Salim“ to the Roles yields,

Yet it will adde fome beauty to our ﬁelds.

There ﬂow’rs are quickly {ubjeﬂ to decay,
And when Orion amines, they fade away.
In Pct: the candid Hyacinth: remain
Intire, which from their tub’rous roots obtain
Another name; our Merchants thofe of late
From the far diﬁant Indie: did tranﬂate:
Their Ration ﬁrﬂ in Italy they had 5
And then to Rome,and Latin»: were convai’d.
From whence all Europe ha‘s been furnifh’d,

where
in ev’ry Garden now they domineer.

Not

FLOWERS. 4;

:Not onely boaﬂing of the native Snow,
Which deckstheir front, but of their odours

'00.

If ever any ﬂow‘rs you admire,
Thefe above all will greateﬂ care require.
In earthen Va/a’: when they are kcure, _
The {backs of wind and rain they beft endure.
And left the parching rayes of 'Sirius prove ‘
Deﬂruélive, you mull foon your ﬂow’r remove
Into your houfe ; nor think it labour loll, -
That cannot be unworthy of your cell 5
Which, to adorn, and to augment our ﬂore,

By Sea we borrow from the {artheﬂ lbore.

Nor Cyst-balm will long be wanting found
With Purple Plow’rs inverted to the ground.

The

45 ELEM/Eli‘s;

’The onély nht’ral'diEerence-wetfee ‘ ' _
@F "them, and Lin-ﬁes ﬁnce their froells agree.” 1
Chg/anther next with radiant threads appears,
Its leaf a deep Sz'danian tinéture bears.

And though Amaram at ﬁrﬁmay feem
Unworthy of a place in your el’ceem,
Contemn it not ; for-it wijl‘reqompence;

' The Want of form,.in pleaﬁngth’ other fence.‘
Vemﬁ'with fragrant {men did heretofore _' ‘ ,
Induethis Pfant hard by deep Simis, more.

Yarrowwill nowa thoufand leaves expofe, k
And'Surnmer Iris various colour-s (hows, ; , ~
With, Malaa,.‘Limm yellow Mali/pg, .1
And red 022m: too; whofe binding root
Do’s oft the tardy Husbandman moleft,

Add: {top} the progrefs of hislab’ring beaﬂ:

The

FLOWER SI ’47
The Nymphs may now frequent the vet:
dant Meads, ‘ -

And make them pleitecl Chaplets for their
heads: " ' ' ‘
Their hands, and Ozier baskets may be ﬁll’d

With ﬂow’ 15 , which {piead themfelves 1) 11:
ev ’ty ﬁeld.

But let all Nymphs that tragick ufe éyoid,
By which th ngptitm Q_een her :{elf _1le-

ﬂtoy ’d 1:.
When vanquilh’ d Anton] {10111 415111;»: tan, ‘
Leaving Auguﬂusth Empire of the Main; 1
She {wing to adorn his viﬁo1y, ‘

1 VJ,

Rather chofe death, then living infamy.
But left he1 (efolutions lhoulclhe known, 1: ‘
Beneath the ﬂow’ 15 _:the pois ’119115 Alps... were

thrown".

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Tim/be” expir’d in deal: with plu’fure Heﬂ,
Applying fatal Serpent: to her my,

FloWers‘ in many things convenient are; ,
Our Tables, and our Cupboards we prepare
With them v; and better to diifnfe their fcenr,
We place them in Out Rooms for ornament.
By Others into Garlands they are Wronght;
And fo‘lor off’rings to the Films brought.

’ Sometimes to Princes Bankets they afcend,
And to their Tables fragrant Odours lend ;
A: of: they form to grace 4 temp‘ratc Me/s,
Where the cement i: more, the (lent, 14:.

Not want there t’hofe , who With fublimer
skill,
In hollow Limbecks ﬂOWers can diﬁlll.
Now with a ﬂow, now with a quicker ﬁre

- They work,which makes the vapor [trait afpirc
. To

F L 0 WE R S. 49
.. To the cool brafs, whence heated once anew,
, It gently trickles into Pearly dew.
The Spirit thus of ﬂowers is convey’d

' To Water, and by trial ﬁronger made.

Unguents from them are drawn,fuch as of old
.‘To rub the hair Capuan Seplaﬁa fold ;
)Capua, whofe {oft delights, and pleaﬁng charms
lProv’d worfe then Canné to the Pum‘ck arms;
lWhere Hanniéal that enemy to peace,

IIndulg’d himfelf to luxury and cafe.

Painting it half, from ﬂow'rs we derive,-
. .Whofe colours did the ﬁrﬁ examples give;
‘By Glyccra Pauﬁadu thus taught,
Painted the diff’rent ﬂowers which {he brought
:From them ,5: by the care of thofc that weave,
ﬁnch great improvements ﬁgur’d Silks receive,
E And

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And from that Neaar which the ﬁow‘rs con-
tain,

Induﬁr—ious Bees their Honey too obtain.

Ilhould too tedious be, if I {hould ﬂag
The mighty aids which herbs and ﬂowers bring
To the Diieafes men are fubjeﬁ to :

For their: the Gods with virtue did indue.

Near Pm}, where the rapid Sci» do’s glide,
In a [#6 urban VIE; did refide ‘
A tingle man 5 his Garden was his Wife 5 _
And his delight at folitary life;
Pew Acres were the limits of his land 5
No coﬁly Tapeftry his walls prophan’d .-
And yet he was as (atisﬁ’d as thofe,

On whom too partial fortune oft beftows

Her

FLOWER& 51
- Her greateﬂ favours, ﬁnce’tis not excefs,
But moderation cau fes happinefs.
From Regions far remote he ﬂowers brought;
. And wholefome herbs on diﬁant Mountains
fought.
1; Into his Garden thefe he did trénﬂate,

5 And to his friends their qualities relate.

He could net long enjoy his folitude,
3 Fame {con attraﬂs the neighb’ring multitude ;
.Whoimportune him that he would impart
~tl-lis skill, and no: conceal his pow’rful art,
EThofe who of lhortnefs in their 7 breath com:
plain’d,
{And in whole bowels fcorching Feavers reign’d;
Some for ill humors, joyms new funding ﬂiil,

iAnd beating at the heart, implor’d his skill.

E 1 Thole

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52- FLOWER& .' 1
Thole, whom Phyﬁcians long had given o’re,
He by reviving Med’cines did reﬁore.

But he that could renew loft health agen,

Deferves the praifes of a better Pen;

Peruvian Granadz'l in Summer blows,
W hichnear the Amqonian River grows.-
Nature her {elf this ﬂowers leaves divides
I Into three parts, and waves them on the ﬁdes.
From a tall ﬂalk {harp prickles it do’s fend,
Like thole that do the Holy Thorn defend:
With triple-pointed leaves refembling thofe - '
Accurfed Nails , which ﬁx’d Ch‘rift to the
Crofs. ‘

Next painted Welugrie, €cbz‘um {hew

Themfelves with Rumc’x, Adiamxm too,

And

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And fie/gm}; to which the inﬂuence
1 0f Thebes various colours difpence.

Lovely Carnations then their ﬂow’rs dilate ;
The worth of them is, as their beauty, great.
Their Smell is excellent 5 a Cod below
Reﬂrains the [Welling leaves ,which curled grow _
Divided too 5 this ﬂow’r exaéts our care:

For if th’ extreams of heat or cold the air
Moleﬂ too much, they’re blaﬁed in their birth,
Unable to afpire above the earth.

Morning and evening therefore you muﬂ chufe

To water them, or elfe their charms they lofe.

' limemdlit next we fee, whofe name
Defervedly from its {hort duration came.
Its ﬂowers always do obliquely bend ,
And into purple leaves themfelves extend.
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With numbers of them all your Garden ﬁore,’
While they are freih you will admire them

more.

If poisinous arobmchc {nould by chance?
Among the reft,its noxious head advance 5
Let not your Cattle eat it, left they ﬁnd
- Too late the dire effeas it leaves behind,
Cows {et on ﬁre by its pernicious taﬂe,
, Without delay, ﬁraight to ingender haﬁe.
WhOle Rocks beﬁdes, as if they were .untam’d,
Stray through the Woods with luﬁful rage in-
ﬂam’d.

' High Matricaria on long branches {hows

Her candid ﬂow’rs : about them Tblafpi: grows.
Thlaffi: was once a Cretan youth ; he Iov’d
This Nymphsdx their amour: had happy prowd .
IF

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ILOWEKs “g,
If fate had crown’d their innocent delights,
With leis unlucky Hymnal Rites.

Cbmmdrt's near cold Springs new vigour takes;

Nature its leaves like faws indented makes.

, Two forts of the wild arr-bi: now appear 3

And on their leaves two diff’rent colours bear.
Within a while your Garden wastes white,
And fnowy ﬂowers will furprize your light.
For if the Summer do’snot late arrive,

On verdant [talks the Lillies will revive.

Pram-e more then any Nation has preferr’d
This ﬂow'r, fome fay, from 1‘1”ng ’twas tranll

ferr’d
By Fraums, {prung from H56?” -, full o'th’ fame

Of his great Anceﬂours; that his own name

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Might be extoll’d, remOter Climes he (Ought,
And fettling here to us our Lillies brought.
But our Forefathers, by Tradition, prove

They fell, like the Ancile, from above.

Saint Clodamm, who didlfirﬂ advance '

The Doarineand the Faith of Chriﬂ in Frame,
With his pure hands receiv’d the heav’nly gift
And to the care of his Succeffors left 5

.. Thatit {hould be preferv’d from age to age

His Kingdoms Enﬁgn, and predeﬂin’d Badge.
Thefe Arms [hail ﬂourifh, when propitious fate
In laﬂino c,peace {hall on great Lewis wait

When he :12 affrighted world {hall have com-
pos ’,d

And all the wounds of war and tumult clos’ d ;
When fraud and murder he ha’ 5 put to ﬂight,
And with ﬁrnf‘lﬁagues he (hall mankind unite

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‘ "FLOWERS. “'57

Now for pai’t loves unhappy ‘clytic grieves,
And paleneis from the patching Sun receives.
Sh’ afpires o’re other ﬂow’rs,in hopes,by chance

Her former lover might vouchfafe a glance.

Grams, and Smilax too in ff”: appear,
Which heretofore did humane bodies wear.
Their tufted heads when Poppies have; expos’d,
And rh’ earth for new productions is difpos’d 5
To make her riches in“ more fplendour ihine,
In the fame ﬂower difi’rent colours joyn.

To Iileuﬁnian Ceres Poppies owe
Their rife 5 with purple leaves {ome higher

grow K:

But. the white kind a dye, like ﬁlver, yields,
Shgzwing the mode“ treafures oft—he ﬁelds.

The

58’ FLOWER& ” "

I The Seeds to Med’c’nal ul'es are applied,

And often in‘pileal'es have been tried.

Sometimes {hon-winded Coughs they mode:
rate,

And welcome deep in ﬁckly men create.

In Greece Eryngus is deferv’dly {ought 5

Born in a Womans Breal’t, while green, ’tis
thought

An antiddte againﬁ all luﬁful ﬁres ;

And to allay a Husband’s wild delires.

P1140» did thus his Sapplro’: love obtain,

If the records of time my credit gain.

But while the Dog-ﬁat rages in the Sky,
And cruel Clouds their wonted lhow’rs deny ;
When burning lebm lengthens out the days,

‘Scatt’ring the dew by his refulgent rays;
Left

I’FvOWEKS. 59;

' Lel’c all your Plants fhould at the root decay,

And wanting moiﬁure quickly fade away;

From neighb’ring Fountains ﬂow, your Garden
o‘re,

Such vital drops will 1ti again reﬂore.

For now Aurora no refrefhment gives,

No humid dew the dying grafs relieves.

Among the ﬂow’rs,which late i’th’ year a! rive,
Immortal Amaranth: will furvive.
For at that time an unknown multitude
Of vulgar ﬂowers will themfelves extrude.
(037:4, Horminum, Habfarum,
e/Ingelim, {mall Hmhme, inum,
Marcbmallam, Wand, Almeria, Clematis,
With trembling Coriander, Barbra},
BOth the Aérotanurm, Myrrh, Camry,
Slender Meliﬂ'a, Sim», Cirory,

Euph-

 

Bapbtbaluum, Stwclm, Hyofoiamus,

And f potted Calendule their ﬂow’rs produce;
mint, and Nigcﬂa too 5 with thefe we fee
The Summer thus and Autumn ﬁill agree
To fruétiﬁe, and thus the year goes round,

While ev’ry {eafon is with ﬂowers crown’d.

The golden Attick Star in Meadows reigns,
So term’d by Greece 5 but by the Latine Swains,
Ame/1m : In wet Vales,near Fountain ﬁdes,

It grows , or where {ome crook’d Meander

glides. .

In making noofes it is ufeful found,

When the ripe Vintage bangs upon the ground.

Purple Namﬂ'm of “Mun now ﬁow’rs,
Its leaves fo (hine, as if with golden ihowers

( It

FLOW}; R32” 6:
" It had been wet 5 Which makes it far out-vy ‘
The luﬂre of Phaenician Tapeflry',
Therefore t’augment the grace of France, ’tis ﬁt
This ﬂow’r'into our Gardens we admit,‘
'Tis true, it hardly anfwers our deﬁres
At ﬁrﬁ, but longer culture {till requires.
Yet let nor this occaﬁon our defpair,
When once it blows , ’t‘will recompence our

care.

The Box about the borders, ev’ry year,-
About the Spring, or Autumn always (hear.
It’s belt to let the Boughs be molliﬁ’d

By'rain, whichfr‘nakes them eaﬁer to divide;

But ‘you mull know, that ﬂowers are nor all
Deduc’d at ﬁrﬂ from one original :

For

'52 ' FLOWERS;

L‘ For fome alone from tub’rous roots proceed,’

From Bulbm {ome, and Others rife from feed.

The Beds we in 06706” fhould difclofe,
And on large ﬂoors the Bulbm roots expofe
To th’ air, that the Suns rays may then attraa'
That moiﬂure which in Summer they contraéf.
By lying under ground 5 thus purg’d and clean.
After fome time they may be fet agen.
And better to reﬁll the Winters cold,
They muﬂ be deeply buried in their mold;

But with lefs care we let the tub’rous roor,
That of its own accord will downward (hoot.
While orhers if not deeply plac’d are loﬁ,
As well by drowrh, as by the piercing froth

Perhaps

FLOWERS. ' 63.

Perhaps your iiupid lab’rers may not know
The Seafons that convenient are to Sow.
‘ Therefore you mutt Obferve, if Scorpio meet
, Erigone, and move his lazie feet.
When the hoarfe Crane cuts th’ air with tardy
wing,
And makes the Clouds with horrid clangor ring.
Then’s the bell time of all to plant your ﬂow’rs, '
If humid Autumn but with mod’rate {how’rs '
Some days before refrefh the parched face
0f th’earth,which in its bofome willembrace
The Balboa: roots, and kindly warmth infufe, '

Supplying ev’ry branch with quick’ning juyce-

But leﬁ the rain {horrid ﬂagnate, and be found
By its unequal wetting of the ground.

Hurt-

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Hurtful to th’ roots, by [welling banks you may

All the Tuperﬂuous Water drain away. ,

Our lab’rers thus the Royal Gard’ner taught; « »

From him, this way of planting ﬂow’rs they
brought. ‘

In all that could improve, or grace the ﬁeld,

In all the arts of Culture he excell’d.

By the Moonslace you fhould the Seafons
knov'v, ‘
O’re tempeﬂs (be, the air, and earth below
An inﬂuence ha’s 5 if the her Orb difplays,
Piercing the opacous Clouds with ﬁlver rays;
When with {oft breezes (he inipires the air,
And makes the winds their wonted rage for-
: bear.‘
Till it be Full Moon,frorn her lid! increafe,’ ' ’
The Sealon’s good; but if (he once decreafe,
Stir

, F L 0 W 'E R S. 6 I;
‘J? EStir not the earth, riot let the Husba admit"
3' Saw any feed g when HeaV’n foxbids,’tisVain.
6‘ You muﬁ obeyswhe‘n th’ heav’nly Signs invite; (
Have the Parka/i1» Stars {kill in your light.
" Which lefs then any do their Iuﬂre hide 5'
*And belt of all the erring Plowman guide;
. Seme in preparing (if their feed excell, a
Making their ﬂow'rs t’ a larger compafs {Weli
Thus narrow bolls with curled leaves they ﬁll,’
Helping defeétive nature by their skill.
Others are able by their pow rful art;
New odours, and new colours to’ impart ; _
To change their ﬁgures, to retard their birth; _
Or make them {ooner‘ cleave their Mother
‘ Earth. ,
There pleafures are with finall expence and cafe
Obtain ’d, if fuch delights your fancy pleafe.
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66 ~ FLOWERS.

. spite of hot Siriue Tameemm lives;
And,while he burns the ﬁelds,in Africlz thrives.
Its lovely colours, and thick foliage "

Will alfo ﬂourifh through the Winters rage; -

This ﬁow’r great Aeﬂrz‘an Charis didherctoforc,

Beﬁeging mm, from the Pixie/e lhore

Tranfmit to Spain. When froﬂ ﬁrﬁlbinds the
'” ”ground,

And {lnrp December fpreads its ice aground - '

I’th’ Seytbim Clime, in the Semantic» ﬁelds, ¥ 5

Diﬁraaing Hellebore black ﬂowers yields.» '

And yellow Acenim on th’ Alp: appear,

Others at otherfeafons of the year.

L Now Per/i4» Cyclamine, and Lawrel blows,‘
Which on the bank of winding Mofe grows.

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Broad-leav’d maﬁa, and green $01553: live,
With Crows, which from 973:4 wederivé;
The late Nareijfus in 'thefe Months we ﬁnd ,
And Winter Hyacinth: ;- but from the wind,
And killing froﬁ, to {ave your ﬂowers; drew
Over your beds a covering of warm ﬂraw.
Thus they avoid the :Winters viblenc‘e; i *

Till the kind Spring renews its-inﬂuence.

, What angry Deity did. ﬁrlt expofe

T9 the rough acmpeﬁs, and more rigid {now}
Ihe [oft Anemia]. whofe comely grace

A gentler (calm, and a better place ’ , .
Deferyes ? For when with native purple bright
ltlhews its lecves to the prOpitiqus light,
With dil’f’rent colonrsﬁrip’t, zand‘curledﬂamg
.Encompaﬁ, it 0nt.10_¥€ and wonder, claims.

F a - L “There

68 FLOWERS.‘

There is not any other that out-vies

This lowers curled leaves, or num’ious dyes ;
Not the Sidouiauart Could e’re compote V
So {weet a Ahlufh, as this by nature (hows.

Flora inrag’d, becaul’e (he was [0 fair, ,
Baniih’tvthis Nymph into the open air 5 .
She was the boat! and ornament of Greece,
But beauty feldom meets with happinefs.
So’t prov’d to her 5 for whilﬂ the carelefs Maid
To take the air, about the irefh ﬁelds ﬁray’d :
Straight iealous thoughts the angry Goddefs‘
move 3 ‘
Angry he: Husband Zspbyms {hould love
Ought but her (elf; th’ effeﬁs of her difdain 1
0n .Ammmi light 5 her form in vain
Adorn: her now, to that {he ow’d het‘ fate :
Leis beauty might have made her fortunate;
Thin?

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‘”F=’IL OWE KS". . 59
Thus {he whoonce among theNymphs excel 'dr,
‘ Transform’cl is now the beﬂ of ﬂowers held, g

While Vam for her lov’d Adam‘s grieu’d;
After he had his mortal wound receiv’d 5
Her onely comfort in this ﬂow'r remain’dg Z ‘
For from his ‘ﬁreaming bloud , when the hind
drain’d I
All that was humane, and had {prinkled o’te ‘
The corps with facred juycegfrom the thick gore
Immediately a purple ﬂow’r atofe,
Which did a little recompence her lofs,

This ﬂowers form and colours fo invite,‘
Th at forne whole cafes full of turf delight
To {ow with feed ; which when they ﬁrﬁ arife,
With colours pleaﬁngly confus’d furptife. "' I

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Thatin his Laﬁmbnrgb he gave it place;
Call’d for the Pots ; nor could at meals refrain
W ith it himfelf and Court to entertain.

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The'fe in the Winter you should cultivate, ' -.
That-£6 upon the‘beds they may dilate
Their precious ﬂow’rs, which only can reﬂore
Your Gardens life; for when the froft before "
Deﬂmy’d without repulle, there triumph ﬂill,
And conquer that which all the reﬁ do’s kill.
When Others with dejeaed leaves do mourn, ‘
And wet Aquarius do’s difcharge his urne ;
This with illuﬂrious purple decks the fields;
But if her geplnjra': kind breezes yields,
She’l ﬂourilh more 5 by which we well may ﬁnd,
The revcecboths'rthsy arsvstinclin'ds - ‘

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While with A fucceeding ﬂow’rs the year is
crown’d, .

' Whore painted leaves enamel all the ground ;

' Admire not them, but with more grateful eyes
To Heaven look, and their great Maker prize.
In a calm night the earth and heaven agree,
There radiant Stars, here brighter Flow‘rs We

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Gog rows of Trees and Woods my Pen
invite,
With My Walks a Gardens chief delight .-
For nothing without them is pleafant made 5

They beauty tOthe rudcr Countrey adde.

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Ye Woods and {preading Grow: aﬁord my
2‘ Mufe “ f -
That bough, with which the {acted Poets ufe
T’ adorn their brows, that by; Lbeirpatte‘rn led,
I with due Laurels may impalemy head.

. Methinks the Okes theit wﬂiihg tapsiuciine,
Their trembling.leaves'appl’auding my deﬁgn 5
With joyful murmurs, and unforc’t aﬁent,

The Woods of Gaul: accord me their confent;
(it/24m» I, and Mendy: defpife,‘ ‘

0ft grac’t by the Arcadia: Deities 4

I, nor Molorclm, or Dadam’ s Grove,

Dr thee crown d with black Okesﬁdjduiove-
game thick with Cyprefs too Iﬂye , ,

To Mace alone my Genius I apply. V

Where

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Where nobleWoods in ev'ry part abound,"
And plealanc Groves commend the fertile
groundo' I \ . V I

If on the native [oyl thou (loft prepare A
’1" ereét a V114, you mull place it there,
Where a free profpea (10’s it {elf extend A
Into a Garden ; whence the Sun may lend
His inﬂuence from the Eaﬁ ; his radiant heat
Should on your houfe through various windows
beat:
But on that ﬁde which chieﬂy open lies
To the North-wind,whence ﬂorms and ﬂxow'rs
arife,
r'l'here plant a wood 5 for, Without that defence,
‘NOthing reﬁlls the Northern violence. I \
,While with deﬂrutﬁive blaﬂs o're cliffs 8: hills
Rough Berna moves,& all with murmurs ﬁlls;
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The Oke with vlhalren boughs on mountains;
tends, ‘

The Valleys tore, and great quypu bends. :

Trees therefore to the winds you muﬁ expofe,

W hofe branches belt their pow’rl'ul rage oppofc

Thus woods defend that part of Normandy,
Which {preads it {elf ' upon the Britn‘ﬂa Sea.
Where trees do all along the Ocean {ide .'
Great Villages and Meadows too divide.

But now the means of railing woods I ﬁng';
Though from the parent Oke young (beets
may fpting,
Or my tranfplanted ﬂourifh, yet I know
No better means then if from feed they grow;
'Tis true this way a longer time will need,

And Okes but {lowly are produc’d by feed:
Yet

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ﬂier they with far the happier lh-ades are bleﬁ;
For thofe that rife frOm Acorns, as they belt l_
With deep-Ext roots beneath the earth defcend,
.30 their large boughs into the air ai'cend.~
Perhaps becaufe,when we young Sets tranﬂate,
They lofe their virtue, and degenerate.

While Acorns better thrive, ﬁnd: from their
birth '

They have been more—acquainted with the earth

Thus We to Woods by Acorns Being give: ' ‘
But yet before the ground‘your feedreceive, ,
To dig it ﬁrﬁ employ your Laborer ; _.

Then level it 5 and, if’ young {boots appear
Above the ground ,lprung from the cloven bud;
If th’ earth be planted in the Spring, ’tis good
Thofe weeds by frequent culture to remove,
Whoferoots would tothe bloﬂ'oms hurtful prove
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Nor think it labour loll to ufe the Plow :
By Dung and Tillage all things fertile grow.

There are more ways then one to planta Grove,-
Por {ome do belt a rude confufion love :

Some into even-fquares dil’pofe their trees, ‘
Where ev’ry ﬁde do’s equal bounds pellets. ‘ '
Thus boxen legions with falfe arms appear-

At Chefs, and reprefent a face of war.

Which {port to Schacm the Italians owe ;

The painted frames alternate colours (how; '
So-ﬂrould the ﬁeld in {pace and form agree 5
And (hould inequal bounds divided be. ‘

_ Whether-you plant yong Sets,or Acornsvfow,

Still order keep 5. rm [0 they .btﬂ will grow.‘

Order to ev’rytree like vigour gives,

And roomvfor the afpirin’gbranchfs leaves; ‘ —
’ When

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When with the leaf your hopes begintoimd,
i Banifh all‘wanton Cattle £rom the wood. . 7 ' . ;
The browzing Goa: the tender bloﬂ'om hills 5
Let the {wife Hatfe then deigh upon the him,
And the free ' Hierdsﬁillinlmtge :Péﬁetes‘ereﬂ ",
. ﬁne not upon the hew- {prinn’ghtzineheai(MB.J - i,
. For whore defence InclOfum mania Lambda I
Of I twigs, or water into rills convai’d.
When ripehingt’ime 'ha‘smud‘eyour tréeélﬁiite,
And theft-tong rooteddaéeplyipm'ctiace; 1)
All the fupetﬁuens branchee‘m‘hﬂ {safe-1174;:
Ed}: the aﬁpﬁéﬂ‘ed trufﬂe Mould ‘éhahice5fo ﬁeld
Under the weight, and {0 its l‘piritsi [bare-‘7' 4'
In fuch'ekcrefdenciey th't’is‘fo'r e110?" ' Ji’ T
Which from the ﬂock you cut, they [better
thriVe,‘ - . 5 , -1~z _. - .. _, ,7]...

As if their wine caus‘d them to revive.

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And the ﬂow Plant, which fcarce advanc‘d its
-' head, ' '
Into the air its leavy bought will {preada

When from the faﬁned root- it fprings amain',
And can the furyof the North {attain ;
0n the fmooth bark the (hepherds ihould indite;
Their-rural firifes, and there their verfes write.

But let no impiout axe ptophane the woods,- '
Or violate the facrcd Grades 5 the God:
' Themfelves inhabit there. Some have beheld
VVhere drops of blond from wounded Okts
‘ diﬁiﬂ'd : , . '
Have feet: the trembling bought with horrour

ihake!

So great a confcienCe did the Ancients make

To

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.Tocnt down Okes, that it was held a crime

In that obfcure and fuperftitious time.

‘ For ‘Driopu'u: Heaven did provoke,

.By daring to deftroy th’ ufmonian Okeg

‘ And with it it’s included Dryadrtoo:

Avenging Gem here her faith did {how

. To the wrong’d Nymphgwhile Eriﬁcbtbpn bore ‘

Torments, as great as was his crime before.

Therefore it well might beIeﬂeem’d n‘o leis

Then Sacriledge,,when ev’ry dark recels

The mini ﬁlence, and each gloomy lh'ade,

VVas facred by the zealous vulgar made.

VVhen e’re’ they cut down Groves} or fpoil’d
the Trees,-

VVith gifts the Antients Pale: did appeafe.

Due honourionce Dolona’s Ferreft bad,

When Oracles Were through_the Okes convaid,
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When woods inﬂruéted Prophets to foretell, .
And the decrees of fate in trees did dwell.

If the afp‘iring Plant large branches beat,
And Beeches with extended arms appear;
There near his ﬂocks upon the cooler ground
The Swain may lie, and with his Pipe refound
His loves 5 but let no vice thefe lhades difgrace: :
We ought to bear a rev‘rence to the place.
The boughs, th’ unbroken ﬁlence of a 'wood,
The leaves themfelves demonﬂrate that forms:
God
Inhabits there, whore ﬂames might be {0 jult,
To burn thofe groves that had been ﬁr’d by luﬂl

But through the woods while thus the Ru-;=
Ricks (port,

‘ W hole ﬂights of Birds will thither too refort g

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Whore diﬁ’rent notes and murmurs ﬁll the air :
‘Thither {ad Ibilmela will repair ;
l0ncc to her ﬁﬁer ﬂie complain’d, but now
?She: warbles forth her grief on ev’ry bough :
iFills all with Term crimes, her own hard fate';
,And makes the melting rocks compaliionate.
Diflurb not birds which in your trees abide,
lBy them the will of Heav’n is {igniﬁed :
How oft from hollow 01:25 the boading Crow,
The Winds and future tempeﬂs do’s forelhow.
0f thefe the wary Plowman (hould m'ake ufe;
Hence oblervations of his own deduce:
And fo the changes of the weather tell.
But from your Groves all hurtful birds expell.

When e’re you plant, through Okes your
Beech diffufe 5
The hard Maleoke, and lofty Germs chu (e.
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,While Efrain: of the mall-bearing kind,-

Chief in Iliad» Groves we always ﬁnd.

For it affords a far extending (hade ; .

Of one of thefe {ome times a wood is made.

They Rand unmov’d, though winter do’s allail,_

Nor more can winds, or rain, or ﬂorms prevail.
To their own race they ever are inclin’d,

And love with their aﬂociates to be joyn'd.

When Fleets are rigg’d,and we to ﬁght prepare;

They yield as Plank, and lurnifh arms for war.

Fewel to ﬁre, to Plowmen Plows they give,

To other ufes we may them derive.

But norhing mull the [med Tree pmphane .-

Some boughs for Garlands from it may be ta’ne.

For thofe whofe arms their Countrey-men pre-
ferve,

Such are the honours which the Okes deferve.

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.We know not certainly whence hill of all
Fl'his Plant did borrow its original. 4
Whether on Laden, or on Watch:

It grew, if fat Chum}: did produce

it ﬁrﬂ, bu: better from our Mother Earth, .
Then modern rumours we may learn their birth. "
W hen fupiter theworlds foundation laid,
lGreat Earth-born Giants Heaven did invader
:And arm himfelf, (when thefe he did fubdue,)
iHis lightning on the faé’tious brethren threw; i
«Tell»: her Ions misfbrtunes do’s deplore ;

:And while {he cherifhes the yet-warm gore
iOf becus, from his monﬂrous body grows ‘
.A valier trunk, and from his breaﬁ arole

. éhardned Oke 5 his (boulders are the fame,
And Oke his high exalted head became.

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His hundred arms which lately through the air
Were fpread, now to as many boughs repair.

A levenfold bark his now ftit’f trunk do’s bind 5

And where the Giant ﬂood, a Tree we ﬁnd.

The earth to 95am ﬁrait confecrates this Tree,

Appeaﬁng {0 his injur’d Deity ; '

Then ’twas that man did the ﬁrﬁ Acorns eat.
Although the honour of ~this Plant be great,

Both for its fhade. and that it facred is ;

Yet when its branches'ihoot into the Skies,

Let them take heed, while with his brandiih’d

I ﬂame,

The Thund’rer rages, {halting Natures frame.
Lei} they be blai’ced by his pow’rful hand,
While Tamarisks fecure, and Mirtles Rand.

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. The other parts of woods I now mull; {ing ;
With Beech, and Oke, let ﬁlm. and Linden
fpring. ‘ ~ ‘ i
Nor may your Grovethe Alder-.tree difdain,

f .. Or Maple of a double-colour’d grain.

The fruitful Pine,which on the mountain hands,

And there at large its noble front expands 5

Thicklhooting Hazle, with the Quiclrbeatn
fer,

The Pitch- tree, VVithy, Lorus ever wet ;

With well-made trunk here let the Cornel
grow, .

And here Oricz'au T ercbintlaus too .5

And warlike Afh: but Birch and Ewe reprefs 5 .

Let Pines and Firrs the higheﬁ hills pollel‘s:

Brambles and Brakes ﬁll up each vacant {pace

With hurtful thorns ; in your ﬁelds Walnuts

‘ place. __
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And hoary Junipers, with Chefnuts good,
’ VVith hoops to barrel up Lye“: blond.

The diff rence which in planting each is found,
Now learn 5 iince th’ Elm with happy ver‘dure’s,‘
" crown’d: I
Since its thick branches do themfelves extend?
And a fair bark do’s the tall trunk commend;
VVith rows of Elm your garden or your ﬁeld ‘
May be adorn‘d, and the Suns heat repell’d.
They beﬂ the borders of your walks compofe;
Their comely green {till ornamental ﬂrows.
On a large ﬂat continued ranks may rife,
VVhofe length will tire our feet, and bound
_ our eyes. V i
The Gardens thus of Fountain-Hear! are grac’d
By {preading Elms , which on each ﬁde aré
plac‘d.
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_ VVhere endlefs walks the pleas-’d {peaator

views,

And ev-’ry turn the verdant Seene renews,

The {age Carycz‘an thus his native ﬁeld
Near {wift Ooéalian Gale/m till'd.
A thoufand ways of planting Elms he found ;
With them he would {omEtimes inclofe his

ground:

0ft in direﬂer lines to plant he chofe 5 _
From one vaﬂ tree a num’rons oﬁ‘smingrofe.
Each younger Plant with its old Parent viev, '
And from its trunk like branches {till arife. - ‘17"

‘ They hurt each other if too near they grow;

. Therefore to all/a proper {pace allow.

The T 11min» Bard a pleaﬁng Eleree chofe,
Nor thought it was below him to repofe
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Beneath its fhade, when he from hell return’d,

Andifor twice-loft Enrydicc {o mourn’d.

Hard by cool Heém Rhodop’ do’s afpire ;

The Artiﬂ, here, no fooner touch’d his lyre,

But fromthe {bade the fpreading boughs drew
' near,

And the thick trees a hidden wood appear.

Holm,Withy,Cyprefs,Plane trees thither preﬁ:

The prouder Elm advanc’d before the reﬂ ;

And fhewing him his wife, the Vine, advis’d,

That Nuptial Rites Were not to be defpis’d.

But he the counfel fcom'd, and by his hate

Of Wedlock, and the Sex,incurr’d his fate.

High {booting Linden next cxaéts your care ;
With grateful fhades to thofe who take the air,

VVhen

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‘*~ ‘ When thefe you plant, you (till fhould bear in

1 mind ‘
Philemon and chaﬁe Baum : Thefe were joyn’d

‘ In a poor Cottage, by their pious love,

"1 Whore facred ties did no lefs iaﬁing prove,
Then life it (elf. They 5Com once entertain’d,
And by their kindneis {0 much on him gain’d ;

11 That, being worn by times devouring rage,
He chang’d to trees their weak and ufelei's age.
Though now transform’d, they Male and Fe:

male are 5
Nor did their change ought of their Sex impair.
Their Timber chieﬂy is for Turners good 3

They icon Ihom up, and rife into a wood.

Reipth is likewiie to the Maple due,
Whore leaves,both in their ﬁgure,and their hue.

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Are like the Linda» 5 but it rudely grows;
And horrid wrinkles all its trunk inclofe.

The Pine, which {preads it {elf in ev’ry part,
And from each ﬁde large branches do’s impart,~
Addes'not the leall perfeétion to your Groves 5
Nothing the glory of its leaf removes.

A noble verdure ever it retains,

And 0 re the humbler plants it proudly reigns.
To the Gods Mother dear; for Cybele

Turn’d her beloved my: to this Tree.

On one of thele vain-glorious anarfya died,
And paid his slﬁn to ‘Phoebus for his pride.

A Way of boring holes in Box he found,

And with his artful ﬁngers chang’d the found.

‘ Glad of himlelf, and thirﬂy after praife, _ .
ommmmnmmmmnmmmeHMps ;

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’1 With thee, Apollo, next he will contend;
‘ From thee all charms of muﬁck do defcend.
But the bold Piper {oon receiv‘d his doom 5
( WI» [trim with Hewm ne'vtr own-amt. ) ’
A ﬂrong made nut their apples fortiﬁes,_
Againﬂ the ﬁorms which threaten from the
Skies.
The trees are hardy, as the fruits they bear.
And where rough winds the rugged mountains
tear,

There ﬂouriih belt : the lower vales they dread,
And languilh if they have not room to lpread.

Hazle difpers’d in any place will live:
In [tony grounds wild Alb, and Comel thrive 5
In moreabrupt receﬂ'es thefe we ﬁnd,

Spontaneouﬂy expos’d to rain and wind.

Alder

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Alder, and Withy.chearful ﬁreams frequent
And are the Rivers onely ornament.
If. ancient Fables are to be believ'd,
Thefe were allociates heretofore, and liv’d
On ﬁfny Rivers, in a little Boar,
And with their Nets their painful living got.
The Feﬂival approch’d 3 with one confent
'All on the Rites of Pale: are intent:
While thefe unmindful of the Holy-day,
Their Nets to dry upon the [bore difplay.

But vengeance foon th‘ offenders overtook.

Perﬁlting Frill to labour in the Brook.

The angry Goddefs ﬁx’d them to the (bore,

And for their fault doom‘d them to work no
more.

Thus to eternal idlenefs condemn’d ;

They felt the weight of Heaven , when con-

temn’d. ' The

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iIhe inoiﬂure of thofe {treams‘by which Ithey
1 ﬂand, ~
.lndues them both with power to expand
i'Iheirleavesabroad; leaves, which from guilt
look pale ;

In which the never-cealing Frogs bewail.

Let lofty hills, and each declining ground,
(For there they ﬂouril‘h) with tall Firrs abound.
Layers of thefe cut from fome ancient Grove,
And buried deep in mold, in time will move
Young {boots above the earth , which [con

difdain

The Southern blaﬂs, and launch into the Main.

But in more even ﬁeldsthe All: delights,
Wh ere agood (oyl the genfrous Plant invites)

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_ For from an Alli, which Pelian once did hear;

Divine Achilles took that happy Spear,

Which _Hcmr kill’d 5 and in their Champions
Fate

Involv‘d the mine of the Trojan State.

The Gods were kind to let brave Hemr dye _

By arms, as noble, as his enemy.

All), like the ﬂnbborn Heroe in his end,

Always refolves rather to break then bend.

Some tears are due to the Halide: 5
Thofe many which they lhed deferve no leis.
Griev’d for their br0thers death in Woods they
range,- ’ ‘
And worn with {orrow into Poplars change.
By which their grief was rend’red more divine,

While all their tears in precious Amber thine.

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“ = l.‘he(c‘, with your other Plants; {till propagate a .

Ii: true indeed they are appropriate

‘ "To Ital) alone, and near the Po,

Who gave them their ﬁrﬂ being, heft they

grow.

Into your Forreﬁs Grady Poplars bring, '
JV hich from their feed with equal vigor fpring;
‘ Rich Groves of Ebony let India (how 5
‘Fudaea Balfoms which in Gilead ﬂow :
Per/54 from trees her ﬁlken Fleeces comb;
Arabia furnilh the S 464247) Gum -,'
3‘ Whole odours fweemefs to Our Temples lend,
And at the Altar with our pray’rs afcend :
Yet Ithe Groves of France do more admire.
' s-VVhich now on Meads,and now on hills afpiret

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I not the Woodénymph, not the Pontick Pine
Eﬁeem,which boalls the {plendor of its Lines
Or thofe which old Lyceum did adorn 5

0r Box on the Cytm‘an mountain born:

TH Idea» Vale, or Erimambian Grove.

Ill me no reverence, no horrour move ;

Since I no trees can ﬁnd {0 large, (0 tall,

As thofe which ﬁll the (Indy VVoods of Gaufc.

VVhen from the eleven bud young boughs .
proceed,

And the Malt-bearing trees their leaves do
fpread ;

The peﬂilential air oft vitiates

The feafons ol the year, and this creates

VVhole {warms of Vermin, which the leaves
affail,

And on the woods in num’rous armies fall.

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, \ Creatures in different {hapes together joyn'd , ‘

The horrid Eruc’s, Palmer- worm deﬁgn'd

With its peﬂif’rous odours to annoy

Your Plants, and their young offspring to def
ﬂroy.

Remember then to take there plagues away,

Leﬁ they break out in the ﬁrﬁ {how’rs of May;

From planting new, and lopping aged trees; .
The prudent Ancients bid as never ceal'e :
Thus no decay is in our Forreﬂs known;

But in their honour we preferve our own.‘

‘ Thus in your ﬁelds a {udden race Will rife;

' Which with your Nurferies will yield (applies;
‘ That may agen Tome drooPing Grove renew;
For me: like men but): their (Mufﬂer): to»;

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1 Their folid bodies worms and age impair,-
Llnd the waft 0k: gim place to his next/1dr.
While {uch deﬁgns employ your vacant hours,
As ordering your woods, andlhady bow’rs 5
Defpife n0t humbler Plants, for they no leis,
Then trees, your Gardens beauty do increafes

With what content we look on Myrtle Groves! .
d On verdant Laurels}! There’s no man butloves
To ﬁnd his Limo», with Acamlua, thrive.
To fee the lovely Pbylz’rea live;
With Oleander. Ah! to what delights

Shorn Cyprefs, and (met Gel/(mine invites,

If any Plain be near your Garden found,

With Cyprefs, or with Horn-beam hedge it
round. I

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Which in'a thoufand Mazes will confpire,

' And to teceli'es unperceiv’d retire,

Its branches, like a wall, the paths divide 5

Aﬂording a freih Scene on ev’ry ﬁde.

’Tis true, that it was houour’d heretofore 5' i ”

But order quickly made it valued more,

By its {horn leaves, and thofe deligh‘is, which
rofe ‘

From the diﬂinguilh’d forms in which it grows,

To fome cool Arbor, by the ways deceit,

Allur’d, we haﬂe, or {ome oblique retreat :

Where underneath its umbrage we may meet ’

With fure defence againft the raging heat. , I

Though Cypreﬂ'es Contiguous well appear,
They better {hew if planted not {0 near,
And lince to any lhape, with cafe, they yield,
What bound’s more proper to divide a ﬁeld; ‘
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Repinenot Cyparilfvs, then in vain ;
For by your change you glory did obtain.

Silvana: and this Boy with equal ﬁre
Did heretofore a lovely Hart admire ;
While in the cooler Paﬁures once it fed,
An arrow {hot at random ﬁruck it dead.
But when the youth the dying beaﬁ had found,
And knew himfelf the author of the wound,
With never cealing forrow he laments,
And on his breall his grief and anger vents.
8311mm: mov’d with the poor creatures fate,
Converts his former love to prefent hate.
And no more pity in his angry words,
Then to himfclf th’aﬁlié’ted youth affords.
Weary of life, and quite oppreﬂt with woe,
Upon the ground his tears in channels flow:

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Which having watet’d the produﬁive earth,
‘ The Cyprefs ﬁrft from thence deriv’d its birth:
With Silvan’s aid 5 nor was it onely meant
‘ T’ exprefs our forrow, but for. ornament.
* Chieﬂy when growing low your ﬁelds they
bound,
Or when your Gardens Avenue: are crown’d‘
With their long rows; fometimes itiferves to
_ hide
. Some Trench delining on the other ﬁde.
' Th’ unequal branches always keep that green,
‘ Of which its leaves are ne’re deveﬂed feen.
' Though {hook with ﬁorms, yet it unmov'd re-
mains, ‘
And by its trial greater glory gains.

Let Phyllirea on your walls be plac‘d,
E Either with wire, or {lender twigs made {at}.
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Its brighter leaf with proudeﬁ 'Ama vies,
‘And lends a pleafrng objeéi to our eyes.
Then let it freely on your walls afcend, ,
And there its native Tapeﬁry eXtend.

Nor knows he well to make his Garden thine
With all delights, who fragrant 5543mm
Negleéis to cherifh, wherein heretofore ,
Induﬁrious Bees laid up their precious (lore.
thick with poles youﬁx it tothe wall,

Its own deceitful trunk will quickly fall.

Thefe (hrubs, like wanton Ivy , ﬂ'ill mount-
high ;

But wanting ﬂrength on orher props rely.

The pliant branches which they always bear,

Make them with eafe to any thing adhear.

The pleaﬁng odors which their ﬂow’rs expire,

Make the young Nymphs and Matrons them'
deﬁre, Thole

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* Thofe to adorn themfelves withall ; but there .
" To grace the Altars of the Deities.

With forreign 9:41pm: be alfo ﬁor’d.
Such as Iberian Valleys do afford :
i Thofe which we borrow from the Portugmfe;
With them which from the Indies o’re the Seas
We fetch by ihip ; in each of which we ﬁnd
A difference of colour, and of kind.
Though gentle ‘Zcphym propitious proves, '
And welcome Spring the rigid cold removes;
' Haﬁe noc too foon this tender Plant t’ expol‘e.
Your Gardens glory, the rafh Primrofe,ihows
Delay is better ; ﬁnce they oft are 1011, _
By venturing too much into the froﬂ.
The cruel 'blal’ts which come from the North;'

' wind,
To over-haﬂyﬂow’rs are {till unkind. 1 - -
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Let others ills create this good in yOu,
Without deliberation nething do.

For this will {carce the Open air endure, »
Till by {uﬂicient warmth it is fecure.

~No Tree your Gardens, or your Fountains
more
Adams, then what th’ Atlantic/e Apples bore.
A deathlefs beauty crowns its ﬂiining leaves.
And to dark GroVes its ﬂower luﬂre gives.
Beﬁdes the fplendour of its golden iruit,
Of which the boughs are neverdeﬂitute;
This gen’rous Shrub in Cafes then difpol'eg
Made of ﬁrong Oke,thefe little woods com-
pofe ;
Whole gilded fruits. and ﬂow’rs which never
fade,
A grace to th’Countrey and your Garden adde,
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Proud of the treafuresNature ha’s beﬂow’d.

When fnovty ﬁow’rs the (lender branches load, t

And {haying Nymphs to gather them prepare,

Molefl them not; but let your Wifebe there ;

Your Children, all your Family employ,

' That [0 your houfc its orders may enjoy :

That with {weer Garlands all may lhade their
brows;

For in their ﬂow’rs thefe Plants their vigor lofe

Suffer the Nymphs to crop luxuriant trees,

And with their fragrant wreaths themfelves
to plea fe.

Such {oft delights they love 5 then let them till] ‘

With their frelh-gather’d fruit theirboloms ﬁll.

T hefe Apples vitalama once betray'd : I

They, and um Love, o’recame the cruel Maid.

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There were the golden Balls which ﬂack’d her

' pace,
And made her lofe the honour of the race.

But thefe fwcet (malls, and pleafant (hades
will ceale,
Nor longer be your Gardens happinel's ;
llulefs the hoﬁile winter be repreﬂ,
And thofe ﬁrong blaﬁs lent from the ﬁormy
.9 Eaﬁt.
Wherefore to hinder thel'e from doing harm,
You muft your trees with walls defenﬁve arm.
To {uch warm feats they ev at are inclin’d,
Where they avoid the fury of the wind.
Ihel‘e Plants , beﬁdes that they this cold
would lhun, ' A
Look for th’ A1] yrian, and the Media» Sun.

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‘ In parched’Africé they ﬂourifh more,

Then if they grow by Sm'mms Icy more.

Leﬂ then the froﬂ, or barb’rous North fhould L
blaﬁ

Your ﬂow’rs, while all the Sky is over-calt ,

With duskifh clouds, {heds fet apart prepare, ‘

To guard them from the winters piercing air ;

Till the kind Sun thefe tempefts do‘s dil'perfea

And with his inﬂuence cheats the Univerfe.

Then calmer breezes (hall o’re ﬂorms prevail, _

And your frelh Groves {hall {weet Perfumes
exhale.

Thefe‘trees are various , and the fruits they
bear, ‘

Are diff'rent too.- The Limons always are

0f oval ﬁgure, underneaeh whole rind

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But though at ﬁiﬂ our Palate: it dil'pleafe,’

Yet better with our ﬁomack it agrees.

Others lefs {harp do in Hemm'a fpring ;

Some, that are mild, from Portugal we bring.
Another fort from old Jeremie came,

To which that City do’s impart its name.

Hard by Dirac» Aracynt/ms lies

This apncient Town; the Orange hence do’s rife.
To which in rind and juyce the Limons yield,
By each new foyl new talks are oft inﬁill'd.

Mind not the fables by the Grecian: told
Of the Heﬂcrian Siﬁers, who of old
~ On vaﬂ Mount Ana, near the Liéym Sea,
With greateft care did cultivate this Tree
Of ﬁerce Aleides, who by force brake in,
And in the {polls o’th’ New“ skin 5

And

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And from the Dragon, who fecnrely ﬂept,
Stole,with fuccefs, the apples which he kept.‘ '
Return’d to th’ Avemim; he fets that hill,
With Orange-trees, which Italy now ﬁll.
But things at greater moment are behind 5
For Purple Oleander may be joyn’d
With oranges, and Myrtles; each of there
Peculiar graces of their own poll‘efs.
The Myrtle chieﬂy, which, if fame fays true,
From the God's bounty its beginning drew.

W hen V emu plac‘t it in the pleafant {bade
or the 1m» Vales, about i: plaid ‘
W hole troups of wanton Cupid: , while the
night
Was clear, and Cynthia did difplay her light.‘
This Cithem above all prefers,
And by tranfcendent favour made it hers.‘

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With Myrtle, hence, the wedded pair delights
To crown their brows at Hymnal Rites.
Hence "funo, vwho at Marriages preﬁdes,

For Nuptial Torches always thcfe prov’ideQ
Eripbyle, {ad Prank, ‘Pbxdm too,

And all thofe fools, who in Ely/in»: wooe;
Honour this Plant, and under Myrtle Groves,
If after death they laﬁ, recount their loves.

Proud Viétors with its boughs themfelves
adorn,
While round their temples wreaths with it are
worn. '
Tuderm, when the vanquifh’d Saéz‘m: ﬂed,
Plac’d one of thele on his triumphant head.
The trunk is humble, and the top as low,
On which {oft leaves andcurled branches grow.

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.: _: l Its grateful fmell, and beauty {0 exam

 

’ Th’ admiring Nymphs from ev’ry part attract
K If too much heat, or {udden cold furprize,
. ﬂh‘ifhﬂare alike the Myrtles enemies,
You mul’t avoid them both, and quickly place
The tender Plant within a wooden Cafe.
~ Sheds may protea them, if the cold be great 5
Or watring from the Summers {corching heat,
No impious tool our tendernefs allows,

' To fell thefe grovesmor cartel here muﬂ browl‘e

0ft Oleander: in great Va/a‘: live,
With Myrtles mix‘d, and Oranges, and give
Some graces to your Garden, which arife

From the coniuﬁon of their diff’rent dies,

In watry Vales,where pleafant Fountains ﬂow,
Their fragrant berries lovely Bay-trees (how.
I , With

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With'leaves for ever green, nor ‘Can we guefs

”By their endowments their extraaion lefs} r 7
The charming Nymph liv’d by clear Panza: {idef’
And might to 550m himfelf have been ally’d,~ 5'
But that {he chofe in virtues path to tread,
And thoughta God unworthy of her bed.
waém, whol‘c darts of late fuccefsful prov’d

In; Pythons death, expeéted to be lov’d.

And had lhe not withﬂood blind Cupid: pow’ri
The ﬁery Reeds and hea’vn had been her dow’r.
But (he by her refufal more obtain'd,

And loﬁng him, immortal honour gain’d.
Cherifh‘dby thee Mpoﬂo. Temples wear:

The Bays, and ev’ty clam'rous Theater.

The capital it fell 5 and the proud gate

Of great Tarpcim "fry: they celebrate.

Into the ”Clrbic‘k Riteso the Stars they dive, '
And all the hidden-laws of Fate perceive.

They

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They in" theh‘eld (where death ,’ and danger‘s
found 5- 5 ' I ‘
~ Where’claﬂ'n‘ng Arm; [and render Trumﬁeé
found )
Incite true couragé : hcnée the Bay§,each Map;
Th’ infpiring God, and all good Poecschu‘fe‘.’

Pcrﬁan’Ligv/Irm grow: among the reft;
Whore azure ﬂowers imitate the Creff
Of an Exotic]: Fowl; they ﬁrﬂ appear
‘ When the warm Sun, and kinder Spring draw:
near.
Then the green leaves Upon the boughs depend;
And {weer-Perfumes into the air afcend,

Pomegranate: next their glory vindicate 3'
, 2Thﬁir.ib0ughs in gardens pleaﬂng charmscxe’atei

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Nething their ﬂaming Purple can exceed,

From the green leaf the golden ﬂow‘rs proceed:

Whore fplendor , and the various curls they I
yield,

Add more then ul'ual beauty to the ﬁeld.

As {oon as e’re the ﬂowers fade away,

Yet to preferve their luﬁte from decay,

To them the fruit fucceeds, which in a round

Conforms it felf, whore top is ever crown’d

In feats apart, ﬁain’d with the Tyriu dye,

A thoufand feeds withinin order lye.

Thus, when induﬂrious Bees do undertake

To raife a waxen Empire, ﬁrﬂ they make

Rooms for their honey in divided rows 5

And laﬂ of all, on twigs the Combs difﬁofe;

So ev‘ry feed a narrow cell contains,

Made of hard skin, which all the frame (attains.

Neither ,

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Neither to {harp or {weer the feeds incline ' ,
« t. Too much, but in one mixture borh conjoyn,

From whence this Crown; this Tinaure is
deriv’d,

We now relate ; the Nyrnoh in Africlc liv'd :
Defcended from the old Numidiam Race,
Beauty enough adorn’d her fwarthy face 5
As much as that tann’d Nation can admit,
Too much, unlefs her ﬂats had equall’d it.
Mov’d by ambition {he deﬁr‘d to know
What e’re the Prieﬂs or Oracles could (how
0f things to come, a Kingdom they difpenfe
In words including an ambiguous (cafe.
She thought a crown no lefs‘had ﬁgnifi’d,
But in the Priei’ts {he did in vain conﬁde.
When Bacchus th’ Author of the fruitful Vine

From India came, her for his Concubine .
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He takes; and t9 repair her honour 10¢, ‘ ; .~
Parents her with a Crown 3 by fate thus croﬁ,
The too ambitious Virgin ceas ‘d to be,
Tranfmitting her own beauiy to this Tree.

Sharp Paliurw,‘ Rbamnm,‘ ( whiqb by fomc
Is White thorn term :1) your Gardegrwill be-
come. _ .. , '
There leavy (aprifoz‘l, Alma too, y ,_
. Th’ Idem Bath, and Hakim: may grow,
Wood y Aunt/m, Rufm there may fpting,
With other Shrubs, thefe skilful Gard’ners
bring
Into a thoufand forms; but 3ti§not ﬁe

T 0 tell their Species aimoﬁ inﬁnite.

From brighter woods the profpeéi may defcencf
Into your Garden, there it {elf extend-
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‘ llgfpacious Walks, divided equally;

" "i Where the fame angles in all para-agree;
Ha dblique windings others plant their-Groves,
T-Fot ev’rjman a diff’rent ﬁgure loves;
{Thus the fame path's,refpe&in g Rm their bound
z'.1;trariou$tra&s difﬁﬂe themfelves around. i

‘ lWh’ether your walks are ﬁtait , or crooked

» made, . '

.Letgravel,orgreen turf he on thcmlaid. ,

The Nymphs-anti Matrons then in woods’ may ‘

iThere'walkﬁud to refrefh their weary’d feet,
into their Chariots mount,though to the young

Labour and exercife does more below, -

. I}! clofe—(hom Pbyﬁiﬂmyou-deduce ~ - ~-

‘ " .lntoa hedge, for teams the Carpine ufe 3— -- ;

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Or into Arbors with a hollow back, ‘

The pliant twigs of {oft Aunt/2m make.

VWith {hanger wires the ﬂowing branches bind.

For if the boughs by nothing are conﬁn’d,

The Tonﬁle Hedge no longer will excel! ;

But uncontroll’d beyond its limits (well.

And ﬁnce'the lawlefs Grafs will pit invade

The neighb’ring walksxeprefs th’ afpiring blade

Suffer no grafs, or rugged dirt t’ impair

Your fmoother paths; but to the Gard’ners care

Thel'e things we leave; they are his buﬁnefs,

With {etting ﬂow’rs,and planting fruitful trees.-

And with the maﬂer let the fervants joyn,

With him their willing hearts and hands com-.
bine :

Some fhould with rowlers tame the yielding
ground,

Mgking it plain, where ruder clods abound.

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Somemay ﬁt moiﬂure to ybur Meadows give.
And to the Plants and Garden may derive
Refrelhing {treams ; let others {weep away
The fallen leaves; mend hedges that decay ;
Cut off fuperﬂuousboughs; or with a spade
Find where the Moles their winding neﬂs have

made ; - . ’
Then clole them up: Anather' ﬂow’rs may.» love
In beds prepat’d ; on all fem: task heﬂow:
That if the'Maﬂer happens to come down ,.
To ﬂy the fmoak and clamour of the Town ;
He in his Villa none may idle ﬁnd,
But (we: joys may'pleaCe his wearied‘mind.

And bleﬂ: is he, who tir’d with his affairs,
Far from all noil'e, all vain applaufe, prepares
To go , and underneath fome ﬁlent lhade,
Which neither cares nor anxious thoughts in-
Yade, DO’s

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my!“ a. while, htmfelf albnapdﬂefs ; '
.C hangihg .the :‘El‘om.for'lhural.happinefs.
He,_whémhe Suns ho: ﬂeedsm tb’. Ocean haﬂ, ‘
E're {able nig’hcqhaﬁorld ha’s over-caﬁ,
May-fibm tba'bﬂlxche ﬁeldgbdlﬁw defc‘ry, ‘ “f;
AtomksdivErting'ﬁthihis'miiié'énd'cye;~ ’ 91
Or if he pleafe, into the woods may (tray, .
mam tli’l Biidsgwéc’hich Eng am b‘reakéf day $35
0r, wbéhthévOawie’tdlhe frmh’pafbures hear 1
Thebeﬂo’xying 05cc, mbqholloWNdlleys tear 7
With‘bis‘hoai'fe voice: Sometimes his ﬂow‘rs‘
invite: ' ‘211' '. » - -» , ‘ h
The roman: tooiieivmthy of his ﬁght. 7
To ev’ry part he may his care extend,
And there delights all other: {0 ﬁanrcend,
That we the City now iid more refpcag
9r the vain honours of the Court affeé‘t,

But

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But to cool Streams, to aged Groves retire,
Andrch’:unmix’dvkbﬁnaohdmﬁelds:dnﬁm
Making our bedwpon the gmfﬁc bank; . -, r i
For which; no are, butnamre mmn thank.- uii -
No Marble Pilhrs,‘ no proud :Paﬁementsthertzt
gNo Galleries, or fretted Roofs appear.
The modei’t rooms to India nothing owe ;
Nor Gold, nor Ivory, not Arras know. -
Thus liv’d our Anceﬁors, when Saturn reign’d,
’While the ﬁrﬂ Oracles in Okes remain ’d V
A harmlefs coutfe of life they did purfue ;
And nought beyond their bills their Rivers
knew,
Rome had not yet the Univerfe ingroﬂ,
Her Seven Hills few Triumphs then could
boaﬂ.
Small herds then graz’d in the LaurentimMead;
Nor many more th’I/Jrician Valleys feed.
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I could relate, then what Ihave before:

But what’s unﬁnifh’d my next care requires,
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WATER.

F pleafant Flouds, and Streams, my
Weft now ﬂags,
of Chryﬁal Lakes , Grotts, and tranfparent-
Springs.- '
By thefc a Garden is more charming made,

They‘chieﬂy beautiﬁe the Rural Shade..
To.

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To me- ye River-gods, your inﬂuence give,
If Deities in Springs, in Riversli've;

Into the lecret caverns of the earth,
Where thefe perennial waters have the1r b1rth ‘
I now defcend; as well to knoWihe {ource,

As to explore which way they take their courfez
To learn where all this liquid Treafure lies,
And whence the Channels {till have frelh {up-

plies.

. Wherefore let thofe who would inﬁruﬁed be
In 44.44am, their Precepts take from‘ rye.
Into th’ unskilful Gard’ner I’lemfufe

What may be ornamental, what of ufe.

You then who would your Villa’s grace augment

And on its honour always are intent :

You

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' You who employ your time to cultivate

Your Ganientﬁnd to make their $5me gm: ’:‘-‘.
Amongyohr grove: ané‘ﬂowirs iet Watch ﬂow;
Water, the {oquf groves andsﬂo‘w’rs too; : ;' “
He that intends to doasldireét,» «Ht-‘2'; ; - = 'e

Muﬂ: in the Vales the fcatecr’d ﬂoods colleai ,

He into th’bowels of—thc earth muﬁ dive;

To ﬁnd out Springs, which .may. the ﬁelds re.
vive, '

All parch’d and dry- , for die, within a while.
No grafs will live Upon the thirﬁy Soy};

Nor is it hard to do what you-'dcﬁre,

If on the neighb’ring Hikls fome Rock afpire 5
For in fucb places waters always ﬂow,

From whence you may refreﬂr‘ the Mc'ads! be-
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128 _ “WATER.

Thus the fwift Lair, the Rhine, and the Gamma,

Peri/Ian Sci», the Sealdic, and the Rhone ;

The mighty Daub: too, and almoﬂ all

The ﬁreams in nature from the mountains fall.

Whether fome {pace be in the hollow Caves,

Made for a receptacle of the Waves;

Or that the vital air no {ooner {eels

Th’ included cold. but it as {con diftills

Into {mall Brooks; thus the warm Caverns
fweat

Such humid drops, as when the feafon’s wet,

And winter has obfcur’d the air again.

From marble pillars are obferv’d to drain.

With dewy moifture lofty Cliffs abound,

All places weep perhaps into the ground,

And .

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' And through the hills, help'd by the Rain and
Snows,
The water runs, (till linking as it goes.

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More narrow bounds, infulting due the Plains.

Thofe before others lhould our credit gain,
Who would deduce all Fountains {tom the
Main: ‘ d .
Whole boundlefs waves the Univerfe embrace
‘And penetrate into each vacant (pace,- ,
Each cranny of theearth; as in. our veins
That aﬁive bloud which humane life fuﬁains,
Is always mov’d, {0 th’ Ocean circulates,
And into ev’ty part it fell dilutes.
Hence, though all rivers to the Ocean halt; ' .

And in its depth are {wallow‘d up at laﬁ :

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Yet thefe addition: make it not run o’re,. ' V
Or violate the limits of the (bore.

Nor is the ground (0 eioi’e together knit,
But that its Pores and CaVer'ns will-admit .
The {ubtle waves, which ﬁnking by degrees,
Defcend into its deep Concavities.

‘ When uncontroll’d , they gently take their
‘ oourfe ;

But if diﬂurb’d, they make their way by force
Where frequent Ckfts the gaping earth divide
‘ T he waters there in greater plenty ﬂide.

Thus too freih ﬂreams do from the fea prOCeQd
Which of their native Salt are wholly- freed.

They through the (and, and crOOk d Hindi?!
(hay,

And through uneven-places force their my; ,

Strain’d’

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Strain ’d by thair foy‘B, through which they are

’ convai ’,d ~ ' I
Theylofe than brackifhnefs which Ont! theyha‘d

No taﬁe, do Other colour water knows,

But what alone its mather' Earth b'e‘ftowsi

For fhaalone diﬁinguiﬂlcs its and 5'

By cauﬁn’g it to heat, or tooﬂ‘end. . -

Barbmaud Wm. Springspmdnce,‘

Which borrow from the ground” a’ whokfoine
juyca » ;

ﬂy drinking them, difeafas reign no mow,~ 1‘ '3‘ .3-

To dying manthcy wdmm hearth radon: s I .. -'

The Gods in nothing more (hair pdw’rdatl'aw,

In nothing more we may difcern their cm;

What need ofdrués ? what nfe’o‘f Medicind c‘

Pains cannot, dare not conquer aids divine.
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- Arr {are mull ﬂarve ; Phyﬁcians mull grow
poor,

If nature the decays of nature cure.

Let yOur ﬁr'ft labour be to ﬁnd a Spring, '
Which from the neighb’ ring hillock you may
bring.
Such places feldom fail of thefe fupplies,
Therefore withdigging you mull exercife
The earth, be diligent on ev’ry ﬁde: I
Then if {uccefs be to your hopes deny’d ;
If heavy {and compofe the glebe, in vain 1
You will: for what you never can obtain.
When in their ﬁelds fome have for Fountains
(ought,

Which thence they to their Gardens would
1 haw brought,

. I faw their thirﬁy wiihes unrepaid 5
While the deaf Gods negleﬁed thofe ,who

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Where the Melanin: hills do lofe their-height;
There lately dwell’d the greatelt Favorite
Fortune e're had, the greateﬂ France e’te law,
A hundred Plows his num’rous Oxen draw.
The Treafures of the Kingdom he commands.
The nerves of peace and war were in his hands,
To be difpos’d of, as the King thought ﬁt, '
And as the rules of Government permit. '

He on th’ advantage of the Hill had plac’d

A noble Houfe, which underneath was grac’d‘ »
By a large Plain, o’re which it might be {een

From Paris, and the Countrey mo between. '

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No Gardens there, no Woods were wanting

. found, ' .

The fpacious Profpeét ﬁxetch’d it felt" around,

But by the graﬂie banks no water ﬂraid,

Ngmith hoarfe murmurs wanton rivers plaid.

The aner of the Seat, afthoufand ways,

T9 ﬁnd out Springs beneath the earth eﬂays,

He left no means, no charges unapply’d :

All the efforts. .of art and 1:1er try’d.

Still hisdcﬁre of Fountains did ineemfc.

And no repulfes made his withes ceafe.

With empty kept: he feed: his longing mind,

And fought ﬁt: that which he could. never End;

For though he left an Place unfcareh‘d, an:
mov’d, ' > . 1 _

Yet his attempts (kill gnchcglbfg-l prav’d,

Sp bardit i3, unlefs the Soyl confent,

To ﬁnd a Spring 5 which done,your thanks pre-
fsnt ‘ To

WATER.1357
To the kind Gods, the Rural Pow’r adore 9
Do this, as! have done for you before. - ‘ '

Water, ’tis true, through Pipes may be convaid

From hollow Pits -, fo Fountains oft are made,

By Art, when Nature aids not our‘deﬁgns, ' '

The peuﬁle Machine to a Tunnel joyns 5

Which by the motion of esiplam ﬂraight,

The element atttaﬁs, though by its weight

It be depreﬁ 5 and thug-O Sci», thy waves .

Beneath Immuf, the tall Samarium“ Laves 5

And pours them out above : But let all thofe; :

\Who want thefe helps , to him addrefs their
vows,_._; ,‘ . , A

Whole arm, whole yoicefalone can water. drawﬁ.‘

And make obdutatetotks toriveISthgw.

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Now that fuccel’s may equalize your pains,
Becaufe the Earth the Searcher entertains
With {eeming hopes, thefe cautions take from

me,
Which may prevent too raf’n credulity.
Where {mall declining hillocks you perceive,
Or a. y {oyl where Flags and Ruihes live,
Wh- :re the fat ground a ﬂimy moiﬁure yields,
Ii weeds and prickly {edge o’refpread the ﬁelds ;
There hidden Springs with conﬁdence expea- :
For (edgy places ﬂill- to Springs direét.
The fame (05,14 which with Sea-weed grows,
And Mofs condens’d upon the furface (hows, '
Banding, qnd Sim: too expirefs
Unerring marks of neighb‘ring ﬁrearms. No lefs~
By reedy git/mint we may divine.
B9: YO.“ may malice the {catter'd ﬂouds combine
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And though’in diff rent hills they were begun, -
They mull united to your Garden tun. .
"If in the hanging brow of fome near hill,
A copious vein be found 5 then if you will,-?
You may of lead, or earthen-tiles make ufe, '
And fo the Springs into theeVale's deduce. { H
For where the little vein you would compell,
By adventitious waters mil to {well , - ~
There hollow Vaults of Slate do bell convay
The Springs themfelves, and Rains which fall ’
that way _
,Th’ adjacent Brooks Which-tan before to wake; '
Will by degrees to thefe Inclol'ures haﬂe. ‘ "
Colleﬁed there-they foon the Channels ﬁll," '
Which will at length to larger currents (well.
Next that the Waves rnay unmoleﬂed {lideg '
And nor through tough atid darkfom windings
glide- ,
'l‘hat

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That “you’may fep’rate the grois kdiment,
At diﬂances with drains your courfe indent.
. For where through even ways the “ream runs :
Rrong, . .
That heavy (lime, which rt had forc’ d along,
Proceeds, till the ,nexr trench its courfe con-t
trolls,
Then intercepted ﬁnks Into the holes.
Though underground the vaulted channel goes,
Yet grates upon, the-top of Wells‘difpofe; 7
Through which the water may it: palfage ﬁnd,
leaving the dirtand ﬂimy mudbebind.
' No {0;de mire can make it now lets pure,
Sincemtbefe means ’tis rendred more fecure.

thgéf illullrious medic“ galls ‘
AmlmSptings to the Pariﬁqn walls r .

Though

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Though her endeavours 44mm: have made,
And murmuringﬁreams on hollow bridges laid}
« Yet Inch expences are too great for me,
Nor with my narrow foxtune can agree.
With endlefs walls the {lately Pile appears,
t W hich a proud row of haughty arches beats. * - ,
Within the Vault fufpended waters. ﬂow. ‘ '
O're cloven hills. and vale: which lyc below.
- For with {tonegwalls the diﬂances are joyn’d,
To their estent the current is conﬁn’d.- ‘
' Hence come thofe Springs, which all the City
blefs,
The Royal bounty caus’d thishappinels.
For public]: work we pilirk fouls drpcml 5,

T o the»: no primate forum: can prettier}.

Such beneﬁts from them alone ere due;
Who with their trealures have proful'enefs toq.
Though ‘

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Though your eﬁate be great, let me advife,‘
That to no publiclt works you facriﬁcc,
That which your Fathers left: for he’ s to blame,”
Who with his ruine buys an empty name.
In all fuch enterprizes ruine lurks;
Who have not funk tbmfelms m Water-works. P . '
Be modeft therefore, ﬂy from all extreams ,
And lo canales of tile convay your ﬁreams.
Or‘troughs ol Alder proﬁrate on the ground, ‘ I
For to this phrpofe they are ufeful found,
But bleﬁ is he, who can without the aid
Of lead, or tile, or troughs of Alder made, 7-
All through his Garden neighb’ ring Brooks
difpofe; ‘ l '
Such as near Paris noble’Bemy ﬁrows:

".l'.‘ ’,

' a ' Where .

WA TE R. :41

Where copious Bimm the happy place
iWith {Welling waves do’s pleaﬁngly embrace.
iAnd {uch is Liancaurt; lo we admire
At Borguiel in Anion the rapid Loire.
Which through the wide Salmurian Vales and
Meads, - ' ‘
It {elf with loud tel'ounding murmurs {preads ;
. Abounding {o with water Polymm, .
(If nature would have fulfer’d it) had been,
Whole warbling' noife the Poets now invites,’ I '
And the infpiring Mules more delights.
Nor be offended lovely Fountain, though
Through Sancaranian Forreﬂs thou doﬁ go ;
' Though th’ unkind earth affords no {monther
way, ‘ 1 a
And make; thee through uneven chambersﬁray:
Yet art thou welcom to Lam»: If {0
With thy moiﬂ: fprings and ﬁrearm which ever
:7 ﬂow, Thou

142 WATER.‘

Thou would“ tefreih his gardens, and agree
To waih fweet Bavillnm, than wouldﬁ be .
More fortunate, thy Deity would-{cent

The greatelt then in Them}: eﬁee'm.

For where we ﬁnd a lib'ral vein at hand,
And can with cafe the neighb’ring w‘zires com.
mand,
’Tis betteg far then Pipes of brittle lead,
Which often crack,as oft the liqudr fhed.
Beﬁdes conﬁnement is an injury ;
A force on water which was ever free.

But if the place you live inbe {0 dry,
That neither Springs nor Rivers they ate nigh ;
Then at- {ome diﬂance from your garden make
Within the gaping earth a {paciouﬁ Like :

' ﬂat

WATER;
That like a Magazine may camp'rehen'd *
ZTh’ hﬂembied Roads, which from the hilt: de-
fccnd,

iAnd an the bottom pave with chaiky tom,
éSince that can bgft the falling waves o’recome‘

1%

3’ Haw todiﬁribut‘e Sprih'gs Indw impart; ‘

’ The means of fpreadingthem, and withlwhac
art“ L. ’ .
Their motiOn mutt be guided! 5 how-reﬁréinfd ;
Your Gard’acr all chef: things maﬁ under-

ﬁand; '- » . ' ~ ‘
Thcdocilc ﬁreams wilt any maps-put on 5 L.
A thoufand diﬂ'rcnt comfemhey will run;
All thefe inﬂruaion-sl (0' name refufc,
Who Men to the diaatés’ (of! my Wufe.

If

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,144 W A» T E R..
If you would have your water nfelul be, - ‘

Where neighb'ring Vales beneath your Gar-
den lye, i

In Pipes of lead let it beclofely penn‘d ;

Without rel'traint it never will afcend,

Others do rather brazen Conduits me,

That the ftiﬁ' mettal might more ‘ {trength ind
fule 5

To make th’ imprifon’d Element retire,

.. And then with greater force again afpire.

But {till take heed that the included air
Within the Pipes move no inteftine war:
That its ﬁerce morion force them not toleak,
And to get loofe,the empty. prifon break.
Therefore through fpiracles the air rel‘tore,
To thofe wide manﬁons it polfeﬁ before.
Thus in Falcrm‘m Cellars, when the Wine,
Which is the produﬁ of that gen’rous Vine,

Is

W. A T E R. r 4 5'
2B pour’d into the Cash, Stud hoop't about,
‘lThey leave a vent to let the air go out .-
iWere this undone, the wine would quickly fl
[Through the weak ribs, and all reﬂraint deﬁe "

When in your gardens entrance you provide ’

'lThe waters, there united, to divide:

Till}, in the middle a large Fountain make ;
LWhich from a narrow pipe its rife may take,
3And to the air thofe waves, by which ’tis fed 3 ‘
iRemit agen : About it raife a bed

70f mofs, or grafs,‘or if you think this bafe, ’

. With well-wrought Marble circle in the place.
{Statues of various (hapes may be difpos’d
5About the Tube; fometirnes it is inclos’d
‘By dubious Say/14; or with Sea-calves grac’d ;
Or by abtazen Triton 'tis embrac’d.

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146. ' WA TE K.‘ -.

A Trims thus at Luxembourg preﬁdes,

And from the Dolphin, which he proudly rides.

, Spouts out the ﬁreams: This place, though

- beautiﬁed

With Marble round , though from Ameill

‘ {upply’d ;

Yet to Saint Cloud mull yield in this out-ﬂiin’d,

That there the Hui/let d’ Orleans we ﬁnd. .

The little Town . the Groves before farce
known, .

Enabled thus, will now give place to none.

80 great an owner any fear improves;

One‘ whom the King. one whom the people
loves.

This Garden, as a Pattern, may be (how
To thofe who would adde beauty to their 0an

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All other Fountains this [0 far tranfcends,

T hat none in Framcbeﬁdes with it contends.

None {0 much plenty yields; none ﬂows {0
high,

A Gulf ,i’th’ middle of the Pond do’s lye,

In whicha fwollen tunnel Opens wide 5

Through hiﬂing chinks the waters freely ﬂide ;

And in their palfage like a whirlwind move,

With rapid force into the air above 5

As if a warty dart were upward thrown.

But when thefe haughty waves do once fall
down, I

Refonnding loud, they on each other bear,

VA nd witha dewy ﬂiow’r the ‘Baﬁn Wet.

How Fountains ﬁrlt had being now I tell ; r

If any truth in ancient [tories dwell.

L a Hard

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148 WATER.

Hard by the Phaﬁan Bank, with profp’rous
Gales,

Arm’d with his Club,while great Alcides fails;
A band of Aging youth was with him lent,
And among them his deareﬂ H114»: went.
Near old wfcam'm in Bitbynia Road
A lofty Grove of Beech : as by this Wood
The {wift Bark fayls, the weary Min}: land,
And ﬁretch their limbs on the inviting Sand.
The nimble Favourite now goes in queﬂ:
Of hidden Springs, and wanders from the ref! ;
With travel tir’d he comes to one at 1311,
Straight‘from his {boulders on the gems he call
The weighty Pitcher which they hither bore5
And for refrelhment ﬁts upon the lhore.
Afcam'm had invited to’a feaft

The neighb’ring Nymphs. fair [[55 thither preﬁ,‘
With

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With graceful Eplrjra, th’ Imuhian, Dame, ‘ .- ' '
And Lycrzonian Meltm‘m came.

The Rural, and the River-Nymphs were here,

And none were abfent,who{e abodes were near;

The Charms of H)!“ Iﬁ: ﬁrﬂ furprize 5

His features (he admires 5 his {parkling eyes, .

0n the green turf the weary youth repos’dt 1

Now all her artiﬁces (he difclOs‘d 5

She ufes all th‘ Artillery of Love,

All that could pity or affection move ; “

And though (he (aw but little caufe, {o vain

All Lovers are, the hop’d he lov’d again..

While he by ROOping to draw water (hives,

Either the ﬁipp ry bank his i00t deceives, '

()r by the veffeis weight too much oppreﬂ,

He tumbles in -,i to fuccont the diﬂreﬁ

Kind Iﬁs foon approch’d; the offer'd aid

Not with acceptance, but with {corn he paid.
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Th’ aiming waves he fcattert. in the wind,
And wrei’tles with that ﬁteam which would be

kind.
Now all the other Nymphs their pray’rs unite,
And to the room with Pumice arch’d invite
The fallen boy ; there promife he (hall be,
Ashe deferv‘d, a liquid Deity.
Refuﬁng (till, his arms now wearied lofe
Their ﬁrength,and he a facred Fountain grows,
To which the Nymph indulging her revenge,
(For Love repuls’a’ ta cruelty m}? wage)
Deﬁgrs ﬂill proud, a lofty Genius gave,
That it by nature might a diff‘rence have
From other water; always might afpirc,
Always, in vain, to be more high deﬁre.
A copious fall its ruinc haﬁent on 5

And by its own ambition _’tis undone.

Mean

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Mean while Alcide: all along the Coaﬁ,
Vainly enquires‘fOt him whom he had loft :
Th’ Alanine Shores, the hills his name re;
found,
The Rocks and Woods of H714: eccho round.
Hylda, whole change alone was the ﬁrﬂ caufe,
That water rifes againlt natures laws. ‘
Thus he, who the embrace of Iﬁ: ﬂies,
Was punilh’d by that Nymph he did defpife.

Hence fpouting {treams in verdant Groves
wefee,
And noble Gardens to a luxury,
By Art'diverﬁfy’d : for pow’rful Art
T o the ambitious water can import
Such diff rent lhapes, as great Ruel can boall,

Where glorious Ric/ﬁle» with e xcelﬁve coﬂ,

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15:2 WA TER

And paws, the waves into {ubjeétion brings ;

And 1,1111 furvives In Monumental Springs.

Allthis he did, while he, not Lauri: raign’d,

And Atlta-like the tott’ring State fuﬂajn’d.

Here variouﬂy difpos'd the Fountains run,

Pirﬁ head-long {algthemife where they begun.

Receive all forms, and move on ev’ty ﬁde 5

With horrid noife,Cbim4ra gaping Wide,

Out of her open mouth the water throws.

For from her mouth a rapid torrent ﬂows,

from her wide throat,as waves in circles (pout,

A Serpent turning {prinkles all the roar,

A brazen Hunter watchful y attends;

And threatning death the crooked tunnel
_ bends,

Inﬂead of (hot, thence pear ly drops proceed ;

props not {0 fatal as if made of Lead:

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{This (can the laughter of the {vulgar moves,

' Whore acclamation the deceit approves.

But why ihould 1 repeat how many ways
.In the deep Caves Art with the water plays?
The place grows moiﬁ with artiﬁcial Rain,
And hiﬂing Springs,which here burft out amain.
Rebounding high , ﬁreams ev’ry ~where (weat
through,
And with great drops the hanging [tones bedew,
They who the Gr0tts, and Fountains ovetefee,
May as they pleafe the [beams diveiﬁﬁe,
Though the kind Naiadc: comply with thofe,
Who when they Grotts of Pebble do compofe,
And Springs bring in, Hill beautiﬁe the Cells,
With Eaftern ﬁones, or Eryzbman (hells.
Others; of hollow Pumice [flay be made,
And well-plac’d {hells may on the top be laid.

But

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But all there arts, which modern ages own,~

Were to our happy anceﬁors unknown.

Thefe fights mull be expos’d to th’ peoples:
view, ‘

Whoie greedy eyes {uch novelties purfue,

To ferious things you mail your {elf apply,
And water love in greater quantity .- '
Learn how to manage it when it falls down,
Either that like a River it may crown ‘
The deeper brims of fome capacious Lake 3 ‘
Or the refemblance of a Pond may make.
The tube, if wide enough, may more contain,
And at a diﬁance render it again.
Plenty in Fountains always graceful fhows,

' And greatcﬂ beauty from abundance ﬂow.

Nor

‘W A] E R. [(525 V1
Nor is the {pout of water to be pois’d ‘
I'One way, or in one form to be com priz'd,
sl It mull be varied, if you pleafure (eek;
‘ Some from divided {beams make (ham-5 break,
The Solar Rays and Light fome rep elm: 5
Or from a twanging Bow {wift arrows fent, -
Others in waves from precipice: call,
More pleafure take 5 then rap’t about as fail,
In little they 0/147be}: imitate, ‘
Which fo indangers the Sicilan Straight.
As in the bubling brafs, o’re ruﬁling ﬁres,
Hot liquor boils, the water {0 afpires.

Where it abounds, the current there divide
Into {mall brooks, which o're the ﬁelds may
glide;
And into ponds thefe brooks mull fall at laﬁ ;
Left the belt Element ihould run to wall.
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Now learn how art remains the wandring flood}:

And— at due diﬁance makes it {pread abroad. '

Though to its nat’ral courfe the ﬁream's in-a
clin’d,

And» being freeis hard to be conﬁn'd ; -.

Yet you may foon compell it to that courfe

Which you prefcribe, and make it run by forces

Through dubious erroms; for it willdelight

To take falfe channels, having loft the right.

By frequent windings water thus is (laid,

Till over all the ﬁeld it is convaid.

So Amymam’s fabled to have ert’d.
As foon as Neptune: paﬂion {he had heard.
Th’ unhappy Virgin, fearing her difgrace,
Follows, and ﬂyes her (elf with equal pace; _

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Perhaps

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il’erhaps {he had n0t yet the power to‘ fee. K
That the was chang’d by th’ arn’rous Deity
'Chang’d to a ﬂream; which in her footﬂeps
ﬁrays, ’

And through birmm ﬁelds its pace delays.

Rivers diffus‘d a thoufand ways may pafs, .
With haﬂ‘ning waves through the divided
grafs. . ' -
Like fudden tdrrents,which the rain gives head,
Through precipice: (ome mayfwiftiy fpread 5
. And in the pebblesa {oft noife excite.
Some on the furiace with a tim’rous ﬂight,
May Real; if anything its {peed retard,
Then its {hrill murmurs through the ﬁelds are
heard. ‘ ,.
lnrag’d it leaps up high, and with weak Riches
The pebbles, which it overﬂows, provokes.

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158 W A T E K.

Threatning the bank it beats againll the more,

And roots of trees which froth all fprinkles o'rei .

That ﬂendet brook, from whence hoarfe noifes !
came, ,

Which as it had no fubl’cance, had no name 5

When Other riv’lets from the Vales come in,

Th‘ignoble current then will loon begin

To gather ﬁrength; for bridges may be ﬁt,

And by degrees great Vell'els will admit.

Sometimes by grafﬁe banks the River goes ;

Sometimes with joy it skips upon green mofs;

Sometimes it murmurs in exalted Groves,

And with its threats the narrow path reproves.

When ’tis difpers’d , then let the Meads be
drown’d.

Let ﬂimy mud inrich the barren ground.

If it runs deep, with dams itsrforce remain;~

And from the Meadows noxious water drain,
Where

WATER. \ 159

Where from their fountains rivers do break
loofe, . I
{And the moiﬂ Spring the Valleys overﬂows ;
When on the Meads black lhowers do defcend, '

With mounds of earth the Groves from ﬂoods
defend

As diﬂ‘rent ﬁgures belt with ﬁreams agree, .
So on the ﬁdes let there fome dilf’rence be.
Still with variety the borders grace, I ' 3“-
There either grafs, or fragrant ﬂowers place 5
:Or with a wharf of [tone the bank {ecure 3
But troubled Fens let their own reeds obfcuré’:
Or Weeds, where croakiug Frogs and Moor.

hens lye, - » ~

Nothing but grafs your hanks mull: beautiﬁe.

Where

160 WATER.

Where ﬁlver Springs afford tranfparent waves;
’ And glil’t'ring fand the even bOttom paves .
On which green Elms their leaves in Autism»;
(heed. J
Thus Rivers both our care and culture. need .-
While in their channels they run headlong

down, ~
' We wait take heed, that, as they hamno f’tonei

Fall'n from the hanging brink, may keep them '.

back,
And through the Vales their ’courfe uneaﬁe~=

make.

'Ye Springs and Fountains in the Woods re-

‘found,
And with your noife the ﬁlent Groves con-

found.

Frequent

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Frequent theirkwindings, all their hvenues,_ » '
And into the dry roots new‘life infufc. i

While pleafant ﬁreams invite your thoughts
and eyes, ‘ ‘
And with reﬁﬁlefs charms your fenie furprize;
of human: life you then may meditate,
Ohnoxzaau to the violmce of fate, ‘
sze unperceiv’d, like Rivers, ﬂea]: away.
And though we court it, yet imill mt [i4].-
Then may you think of it: interminty.
Conﬂant in nothing hut inwzﬂamy,
See what rude waves diﬂurhy the things helm,
And through what [lows] «voyage: nfego.
So Hypanis, you’l-fay, and Peneus fa,
Simois, andVolfoian Amafenus ﬂaw; ’
E .Naupaétian Achelous, Inachus,

With ﬂow Mclanthus, fwiftParthenius,
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162 W A‘TE'R.

Tim: ran along, and [a Dyrafpes mm,

Wire/e current Boryﬂhenianﬁrmm augment.

Beﬁ'des the Fountains, which to art we owe,
That falls of water alfo can beﬁow
Such, as on rugged 37 are we defcry,
Oh Rocks; and on the Alps which touch the a:
Sky.
Where from ﬂeep precipice: it de (ands,
And where Amerlu it {elf extends
Tothe rude North ; expos’d to Bum: blaﬁ:
On Canada: bold (bore theOcean paﬁ.
There among Groves of Fir-trees ever green,

Streams falling headlong from the Cliffs arer
feet]:

The cataraﬁs refound along the fhore ;
Struck with the noife, the Woods and Valleys‘

I‘OI'C.

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'fhefe Wonders which by nature here are thoWn‘,

Ruellitm Nu‘ads have by Art outdone.

Into the air a Rock with lofty head

Afpires, the haﬂy watets thence proceed.

Dafh’d againﬂ rugged places they defecad,‘

And broken thus themfelves in foam they
fpcnd.

They found,as when fome torrent uncontroli’d;

With mighty force is from a Mountain roll’d.

The earth with horrid noife affrighted grones,‘

Flints which lye underneath , and moiﬁneef
ﬂones,

Are beat with waves; th’ untrodden paths re:
found,

And groves and woods do loudly eccho'roun‘d¢

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164 W A TE K.

,f'But if on even grotmd yourGar‘den Rand;
If no unequal hili,orciiﬂ' co'm'm'and;
Whence you the falling watErs'iriay revoke, "
From the declining ridge of - fome kind rock.‘
Then in long ranges your Cafcadés' digeﬁ : '
TheNymph of Lidmaurt {o hers ha’s dreﬁ.‘
For by the Gardens ﬁgie. the Rivers pafs

From no ﬂeep cliff; but down a bank of grafs.

Nor {hould it leis deferve of our eﬂeem,
W hen from an even bed diﬁus’d the ﬁream
Runs down _a poliih’d rock, and as it ﬂows,
Like Linen in the air expanded (hows.

\ The Textile ﬂoud a ﬂender Current holds,
Andin a Wavy‘veil the place infolds.

6 But I

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tBUtthde‘Cafcédes and {ports yqu need no:
there, . ‘
therefpacious Pools with wider brims appear;
’ An‘d l‘carce Within: their banks and ‘ chambers
held,*7 ,5 i ’ , . IF.
Run'intobrooks,’ and viﬁt allt'heiﬁeld.‘ ‘ . ‘ "
And to this end, if my advice you take,
In the low places 'of your Gardenctnake,
Beﬁdes the other Springs, large trenches (too 5
To which frdm ev’ury part the ﬁrea‘ms may ﬂow:
For little Brooks and Springs are not {0 good; “-
Nor. ple'afe [0 much as a mOre noble (loud; : 4-3"
But if fquate Pools,and deeper Ponds yen love;
Digabroad channel 5 all the earth remo‘ve;
To make it level to that watry bed, a- 7 I
Or the deep Marlh by which it mull be fed.

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Then with a wharf of {tone fecure the place,

With cement bound 5 let this the {bore em-
brace.

For the foundation you with ﬂone mutt lay ;

j‘hough that it (all has oft been fore’d away;

AlwaYs by force the Element reﬂrain,

\

And let the (bores the raging {loads contain. ‘

The empty Lakes from Springs will be (up:
' ply’d,
Brought from the ﬁeld along the Gardens tide.
An hnndred Brooks from ﬂowing never ceafe:
And with their plenty make the Pools increafe'
§ome I have feen, who all their ponds have
ﬁll’d,
With thofe {applies which the deep torrents
yield.

And

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‘ ’Andin a Laver, by its bank inclos’d,

? Fl'he wanes colleaed in the valesdifpos’d :
IColleéted through the ﬁelds from fallen rains.
And Bwillam (och a Pond maintains.

The Nymph o’th’ place ha‘s this of late prepat’d
'The owners fortune he’s the houfe repairid.
From him the feat its greateﬁ glory draws,

And he obtain’d his honour by the laws.

The {lender ﬂream through ancient mines went,

? Unlefs the Winter {howers did augment
Its force, it wafh’d :1 Villa quite decai’d,

And with its '{ully’d waves through rubbiﬂi
ﬁraid.

The Sanurom'an Cattle on the brink,

And Ba—uz'lun Cows were wont to drink.

Once with a leap I could have pail it o’re,

But its great matter quickly did reﬂore

M 4 The

 

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The beauty it had loft; and as he role, 5
30 [fill with him the current bigger groWs.
" That which with rulhes coi'er’d ran of late,

Though (mall, was deﬁin’d toa better Fate.

" ‘ In a great Laver now the water (wells,

And f’tOr’d 'wit'n Pith a fpacious channel ﬁlls.

The graver Senators here often meet 5

Here the Civilians, and the Laivyers ﬁt.

Here wearied with the Town, and their affairs,
They pleafe themfelves, and put off all their

‘ cares. :

A Spom whore fall makes all the garden found,

.A

Difcharges in the middle of the Pond;

Nor will the plenteous waters pleafe yo’u lefs,
When in the ground E circle they polTefs.
Which Figure with a Garden beﬂ' agrees :

I l on the grafﬁe' bank a Grove of Trees,
With

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With ihining Scenes, and branches hanging

down
if he feats of (tone, and verdant _{horesdo’s

crown.
But whether they ﬁnd fiill, or fWiftly glide; _

Wit' 1 then broad leaves let Woods the Rivers
‘ hide
iBefiowing on each place their cooling ihade;~
For Springs by that alone are pleafant made. A
.Still baniih frogs, who their old fir il‘es recite,
And in their murmurs and complaints delight.
Drive them ﬁway, for the malicious rout ' _
Pollutes the Springs, and {’cirs the mud about
Let ﬁlver Swans upon your Rivers fwim:
Let painted Barges beautiﬁe the ﬁream, - I f 1,,
And yielding wav :s with num’ rous oars divide
But let no Matrons in the {bores conﬁde ;

For we, too well have known the1r perﬁdy

After her husbands fate dlryone, ,
‘ ' And

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17° ._ d W A '1' E ‘R.

And 411m ﬁller to Ell/a too,
The Water-gods difpleas’d, nor did they go
‘ Unpunilh’d long; {wift vengeance did defcend,‘ '
' . On them, and all who dare the Gods offende
Iberefore with care thefe Deities adore,

0

Leﬂ while your fervants work (along the lhore,

Some {walling tide {hould {natch them from
your light:

But on our foes let thefe misfortunes light.

4 Now‘ to proceed to what I have begun,
That through your ﬁelds continued ﬁreams may
run.
Let the colleéted ﬂouds from ev’ry Ede
Q'th’ Garden, of themfelves extended wide,
Upon the banks in equal channels beat.
No water makes a Garden more compleat,‘

Then

IV A T E R . I 7 r
frhen if ariﬁng from a copious Source.
p’re all the Means it freely takes its courl’e.

{if {pen all rannd with founding waves it ﬂows.
:And as it runs a noble River grows.

. To adde more rules to tbofe already known,
Were vain 5 for if in Verle I lhonld {et down
'All that this art contains, I then lhould {WQWE
From thofe than laws which Poets lhould ob’.
' (ewe. Q
If you‘l know more, then fee thofe vale: Of late
In their fuccefsfnl owner fortunate.
See there the Springs in ordgr plac’d 5 fome
bound ‘
In pipes of lead, and buried under ground.
There you will ﬁnd the Grotts with Spring
adorn’d ;
And how by art the fpuntaing rnay be tpm’d.
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Nor fuller Liancaurt t’ efc'ape year ﬁght,- 41 " '
Whofe humid (trea’ms,and ‘graﬁie hanks invite»;
See how the Nymph the: itboméerg-‘wateza

guides ' .‘ ' '
A thoufand ways, and o’te the place preﬁdes.‘
And thou, Be‘ﬂa‘qman Nan! mhﬂ be feen 1-
Enn'oblcd by a Prince. Thou , like a den,‘

Rul’ﬂ over all the waves of France; none dare»
Affea: fuc-h hondurs, Or with thée’tornpare':
The Rivers, Fountains, and the Lakes of Gaul, .
Broad Sci», which walhes the Pari/ian wall .- T ~.
Loire, and Elmer, {wallow’d by the Loire; . 7 4 ,3;
Our own, and foxrcign waters thee admire. , ,,
To thee great Rome her Tiber mull ﬁrbmit,
AndGrme her {elf muﬂ all her ﬁreams forget;
As. other Nations mull fubfcribe to France,

So o’re the reﬂ thy happy waves advance.

l

Viéto-j '

(in
y .

; _ WFA TE R. 7 l' 173

llViélorious Lem? having i'ettled peace,
.And by his banana made all quarrels cea‘fe,
This Garden by additions fairer made, /"
IAnd from a Rock contriv’d a new (’afcadt. A -
.‘ But what ﬂiould lithefe haughty Springs repeat":
,Or the imrnenfe Canale, with waves replea‘tt' '
How, like a River, with majeﬂick pride,
Betwixt ﬂeep banks the tardy waters glide.
Thefe {bores have witnefs’d deep intrigues 'of
State,
Have feen when Nations have ' receiv’d their
fate,
When {uppliam Princes have our aid implor’d,
And on their knees our riﬁng Sun ador’d.
When from all parts Embaﬁ‘adours have come.

To me for peace, or to expeé} their doom.

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But here it is impoflible to (how

The riches which adorn thee Ponytainblearl,‘

Or ‘all the honours which thy Gardens boaﬂ :

Thy Palaces erected by the coil,

Andhappy luxury of former Kings,

My humble Mule. of Gardens onely ﬁngs.

How ibould I think to make thy wooden"
known !

When the thrill Trumpets ev’ry where are“
blown

By Fames loud breath , how {hould my feeble.
voice,

Be underﬂood amidfl {0 great a noife t’

See how much joy appears in all the Court !

And what a facred Pledge ﬁt to {upport

An Empires weight ! Latina brings to light.

You might perceive the world in joy unite ;

As

WATER. 'qg.
As if the Dauphin: Birth- -day were deiign d
To fettle peace, and bleﬂings on mankind.

.'While the gladNymph redoubles her applaufe,
And celebrates great Lam's, who gives Laws

To quiet France, and with unihaken reins,

His glory with a lai’ting Peace maintains:
1 I ﬁng the other Treafures of the Field,

A nd all thofe gifts which fruitful Orchardxyicld.

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ORCHARD&

Or thee,.Pomam, will my Mufe forget;
N Thou ﬂourilheﬂ amid& the Sum, -
. mers heat; .
All things are fullof thee: Autumn“ (hows

Thy honour too. adorn’d by verdant boughs:
V ,, Tc:

ORCHAhva” W7

‘ To thee Lama, this part of my delign

Relates 5 let profp’rous Breezes then combine;

And {ulfer thou my voyage to fucced,

That through the main my Bark may cut with
fpeed.

Though you maintain {evere Althea: right, .

InCouragle virtue, and from vice all-right .-

Yet have we feen you play the Gard’n-er too,

And giving precepts how your trees lhould,

grow,
Their culture, and their [ﬁecies too by thee
At largedeftrib’d, the Plusbandman may fee.

And for this beneﬁt lo let thy ground I
Be ever kind, be ever grateful found I
Let thy luxuriant Orchards (0 be ﬁlld "
That the weak boughs beneath their load my
yeildl
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[73 ortcriARD 3,

That, BwiEuu barns with (tore may break, _

And Plenty never may thy houle forfake!

Though to all plants each {oil is not dispos’d, :

And on fome places nature has impos’d

Peculiar laws, which (he unchang’d preferves,

Such {ervilc laws, France {carce at all obferves.

Shee’s fertile to excels: all fruits [he hears,

And willingly repays the Plowmans cares.

What if Burgumﬂdn Hills with vines abound ?

‘ Or if with Orchards Nurmandy be crown’d f

Though Baal]? her corn '3 Bigarre her metals
(hows ? I.

Though Beam be woody! Troy: with wine ‘
o’reﬂowst'

If Burdeaux cattel breeds t’ and Awergne yeilds
The bell and nobleﬂ horfes. Yet the ﬁelds

All

ORCHARD& wg'
llll over Frame improvement will admit .- ~
mind are for trees, Orelfe for tillage ﬁti
lihieﬂy near thee, moift Tam, where may be

{een

l. laﬂing fpring, and meadows ever- green.
rhofe fields which theDurammnd ﬂower Some
:sefrefh, and the fweet vales which the Gamma
a'lith ﬂimy waters gently palles by,

With thofe bleﬂ meads which near greatPartkly,

i Choofe a rich foil when you intend to‘plant
hot that which heavy {and has rendred faint.
void low vales, which lye between clofe hills,
i‘hich {ome thick Pool with noifome vapours
iﬁlls.’ #

there pithy Miﬂs, and hurtful {leams afcend ,
left an ill taﬂ they to' your fruit may lend.

- N 3 “Still

 

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Still ﬂythat place, where Au/hr always blowsti
And for your trees that fcituat'ron choofe, I

  

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5

Where inthe open air on a defcent,

a
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l
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l3,
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a;

* To blefs their growth more gentle winds com:

fem.

[And though the ﬁeld toth’ Sun expofed be:
Or the hat winds, yet this may well agree
With ﬂowers, but then you muff fome diﬂanc.

make
Between the ﬂow’rs, and trees,and to keep bat};
People and Cattle, which would elfe offend,”
With Iron-grates the avenues defend.

, How to choofe Land I here omit totell,

Indiff rent grounds what diff’rent habits dwelll;

As alfo how to plant, or when to (ow,

Thele arts the Husbandmen already know;
Buu'

: But if the groundcannoc the Treesmaintain,‘ .

 

n open furrows till ito’re again.

‘ Dig all the barren ﬁeld with care and toil,

And for exhaufted earth bring better Soil,

lfhat which comes nearef’t {and is hell of all, "
f it be moiﬂ and colour’d vrell withall.

too many weeds from too much moif’ture rifeg

‘ Deﬂruaive weeds, aGardens enemies.

Now that the plant may with the mold comply,
“What fruits it molt approves you 5:11 mull trye '
'Whether the Vine thrives belt upon the'place,

Or other trees, for there can be no grace

a any ground that‘s forc’d againlt its will

[0 bring forth fruit: therefore remember {till

T~lever with nature any force to ufe,

ﬁor tis injurious if lhelhould refufe.

N 3 When

"”183” ORCHARD'S;

When once the ﬁeld is levell‘d, and prepar’d, r

Let it in equal diﬂances be ﬂiar’d.

Appoint the feats in which your trees (hall (land; .4

Then choofe a quince from a {elected band:

And having cut the woody part away,

Into warm mold you then the Plant may lay.

Nor think it is unworthy of your hand

To make the furrows hollow, or t’expand

The Earth about the roots, for [till we ﬁnd,

Thadhe who does the laws of planting mind,

He who from parent. ﬂocks, young branches
cuts,

And then in trenches the [bit layers puts,

Seldom repents thefe necellary pains,

But rather proﬁt by his care obtains.

While

one HA R D 3. :83

While Fortune waited on the Pnﬁan {late ;

 

:erm, who from Aﬂygu the great

lHimfelfderiv’d, himfelf his Gardens till'd.
EHow oft aﬁonilh’d Mom has beheld

‘ Th’ induﬂrious Prince in planting Trees and '

Flow’rs. ’

tAndjwatring them imploy his vacant hours !

' How oft aroma: ﬁopp’d his haﬂy ﬂood,

x And gazing on the Royal Gardner ﬂood.

‘ The Sabine vallys heretofore have known

‘When nobleﬂ R mam haveforfook the town ;'
W hen they their Pomp and Glory laid aﬁde,
And to the Rake and Plow themfelves applied,

And this Employmentwarlike Fabian chofe,‘

W hen he return’d from vanquiﬂiing his foes.

N 4- He,

 

- “y an“
, mi,”

He, who in open Senate made decrees;

Manures his ground, and now gives laws to '

Trees.
No longer o're his'lcgiom he commands, _

But [cm the earth with his viéltorious hands,

'1!

4

The Glebe by this triumphant {wain fnbdued, '

Repay'd his pains With timely gratitude.

, Became more fruitful, then it was before ,
And better plants, and larger apples bore.
Thus Waﬂimﬂagvhen he wonne the day,
And made fall’e Syplmx with his troops obey {1
In tilling of his ground he {pent his time,

And try’d t'improve the barb’rous Lléian clime,’

\ Great Lem}: too, who carefully attends

His KingdomGovernment,fometimes defcends

From

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ifrom his high throne, and in the Country
daigns .

[To pleafe him felf, and ﬂack his Erripires rains. ' '

:‘Por to St. German: if he chance to go,

{To the Verﬂzliaa hills, or Fanntaz’nblem,

He thinks nor that it makes his glory lefs,

'T’im prove his ground : his Servants round him
prefs 5

iHundreds with Fruits, Hundreds with Flowers
ﬁrive .

.‘To ﬁll the place: the water {ome derive

linto the Gardens, while with watchful eye

lHe overfees the work, and equally ‘

.‘To ev’ry laborer his duty {hows 5

iAnd the fame care on all the ﬁeld beftows.

l Nor dos theKing thefe arts in vain approve :

f The grateinil Earthrewards his Royal love.

But

 

‘19}? * ORC‘HARDs-J. .

But why ﬂrould I fuch great examples name 9

Our age wants nOthing that mould more in- <
ﬂame

Its zeal, for ﬁnce the greateﬂ men now pleafe +

:l'hemfelves in cultivating of their trees 5

Since tis their praife to do do it,wby {hould you
Refufe this {weet imployment to purfue.

If fruit of your own railing can invite,

If in your Villa y on can take delight,

Or can the Country love, to that apply

Your (elf, and to your Plants no pains deny.

The Stars ifkind, or goodnefs of the foil,

Help not {0 much, as never-ceaﬁng toil.

Then let the Earth more frequent tillage know:

The ﬂubborn Glebe is vanquifh’d by the Plow:

When rain or ﬁormy winds pernicious are,

When the Suns inﬂuence or intemp’rate Air

Injurious

o R 6 HA R D 5.. 187
In jurious proves the Tillers induﬂry
And culture all defeéis will ("con {upply.

. That this is true, a Maﬁa» clown has lhown,
Who in a little Garden ofhis own,

Which he himfelfmanur’d, had (lore of fruit, ‘

While all the Country elfe was deﬁiture. ’

The {landing Com you on his ground might
View :

And Apples broke the boughs on which they
grew.

His neighbours quickly envied his fuccefs,’

He by Theﬂalian arts his grounds did drel‘s,

They {aid , and haflned on his early Corn

By herbs upon the Marﬁan mountains born,

Or magical infuﬁons : then repleat

With rage and envy to the judgment-feat

They halethe blamelefs fwain,where his defence

He makes, with plain and Rural eloquence. gig

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His ﬁckle he produces, and his {pade,

\ Andrake, which by long ufe were brighter

made. .
See h’ere,faid he,the crimes which I have done .~

' If tools by time and ufage bright are one.

Thefe are my magick arts; thele are my charms:

Thenﬁretching forth bis labour ﬁiffned arms

His Sabine Dame, and Daughters brawny hand

Inur’d to work,and with the Sunobeams tann’d.

Thus by his induﬁry his caule he gains:

So much_”a ﬁeld improves by conﬁant pains," _

Hence comes good Corn, and hence the Trees

are crown‘d ‘ >

With leavy boughs,hence tis that they abound

In their choice fruits,in each of which we ﬁnd

A colour proper to it {elf allign’d.

Then let the forked Shears, the Rake, and Prong,

Cram, Barrows, Mum/u, Rawlers which belong
To

' o R 6 HA R D s. 189
To th’ garden, be for ever clean and bright.

Let ruff on Arms and Trumpets only light.

" Let ufelefs Helmets in the'duﬁ be thrown:
But let Peace blefs the Country and the Town;
Negleﬂr that ground which culture doth refufe»
Leaﬁ there the tiller all his hopes {hould lofe.
Transfer your pains to fome more grateful foil.

The way of railing Plants now learn a while.

 

From all your Garden ﬁrfta place divide; ’
There let the hopeful race be multiplied .>
Seed for your Trees about your ﬁelds prepare;
And let the Stocks confus’d {pring ev’ry where;
There let them all together upward lh'oot ;‘
By thefe fupply’s your lolfes you recruit. 7
The laireﬂ Plant from {tones or kernels grows,

Then your mix’d §eedlings in no rank \difpofe. 1

Along

' ,90 ORCHA RDS.

Along the walls and beds: ifirom their birth

They are atcuﬁomed to their mother earth ;

They ﬂouriih better, be it they derive

More proper nouriihment from her, or thrive

With more (week, where their Forefathers
were,

But you muﬂ {till a gen’rous ﬂock prefer.

Whofe vigor, and whofe fpirits are no leis,

Then what its anceﬁers did once poifefs.

That‘s belt which has molt joints, but thofe re-

fufe
Which at wide diftances few buds produce.~

When with due judgment you would choofe
a piace, .
Proper, wherein to raife a future race 5
Let it be in the Sun 5 without hisaid
The gr and will languiﬂgaud the fruit will fade,"
He

QEFQH/IRDS. 191

He rules the winds, and tempefis in the sky 5
And while he views the world with his bright
. eye, ‘
He cheriilres all things, and vital juice

.. into the witherd herbage can infufe,

He governs the twelve ﬁgns, and by him (leer
Ihe couries ofthe Earth,the Heav’n, and year.
Heav-‘n if obferv’d, great beneﬁts imparts,

Nor lefs the rayes which glorious mm; darts,
Either when letting he do’s difappea r, V

Dr riﬁng guilds the Northern Irma/pram

His radiant beams will never (him in vain,

To him and his ﬁﬂer then who raign
Together, and Olympus Empire {way ;

.Let the glad youth deferved honours pay.
,They b0th are kind to trees; and both expeét
”To be obferv’dg by. them your courfe direct:

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192 .0 R c H A R 3‘3. .‘ .
For they. Well known you have no ca’ufe‘ to. featr
'i‘hough diff’rent colours in skyvappeat.

Yet in the Spring deﬁre no: too much heat, -'
Leaﬂ: the remaining cold your hopes defeat :
And the Suns kindnefs then {hould prove his:
. crime, _

If forward fruit appear before its time,“
Though cheatful bloﬂ'oms prOmife you fucce‘le" '
Trail not the fading Flow’r, 'but ﬁt” {uppreﬁih
Your expeaations, and for fummer (lay,
Whofe 3mm Warmth {ecnres them from decays -
The gardnet oft vain “Blolloms has believ’d ; ‘ ?
And with falfe hopes as oft has bin deceiv’d.

Ith’ end of Spring when welcome heat returner:
. When ev’ry. Garden lovely fruit adorns,
Sometimes aTree by fudd en te‘t'npeﬁs'croft ‘
The whole years Hopes in one ihort Night has; .
loft. in);

QKCHAkohf, w;

.H‘he cruel Winds now t't'ioﬁ their rage ihié‘loy,‘

iRough quw more then any will deflro'y. .

{The Trees, and Orchards, therefore, ndw, ye .
fwains

iWhile the freih Spring your lively plants main-
tains

Now, on your Fellivals‘, by ftétiuent prait .

{Avert pernicious winds,- and have a care »

1111 Summer nights of Means, .which nip. with:
cold. _ z

{Thc cloud ingendted Southern galls withhold;

. And the sizhonian Northern blaﬁs- , for thefé;

7Unlefs the cautious husband-mat: forefees . w

‘ That they approch him always hurtful are;

'Whtn-evet lowring clo’uds diﬂurb théait

" Your {elf with care from future ills defend;

T TheSeafons mark,“ un'd whatthi: Heav’n's po’t’=
fend, . ..

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' 19.4 0 R CHAR-D‘s.

W hen among Other {eafons of the year
Thetime of Grafting comes 5 do not defer
In proper {’rocks young Cions to inclofe ;
Then buds-between the cioven barkdifpofe.’ 7
And if your fruit be bad, as oft it will, -
Mike choice of better, 'and remove the ill.
By thefe improvements greateﬂ praife you get;
And thus your éudens honour you compleat.:
Into your Rocks the forraign pears admit,
And far fetch’d Appies plate Within the ﬂit.
Hence fprings a nobier race, and greater (tore
0f hopeful offspring then you had before.

The plantsyou want the neighbourhood will
give: \

If not, from diftanr countrey’s them derive.”

6mm

ORCHA'RDS. :79;
Greece ﬁrﬂ fought plant in barb'tous climes,and
r then i
. She civiliz’d the trees as‘ well as men.
Thefe‘ﬁill at home {he fortunately plac’t,‘ ' -
And by tranﬂation did correct their taﬁ. ‘ ' ‘”
While auncient Fables reputation gain’d, W
The then white Mulberry with red was ﬂain’d;
' T Mia and Pyr‘amu who yet {urvive
In N401: verfe. in 'Baéylon did live : . '
A fpotlefs love united bOth their fouls ;
But Parents hate their bappinefs controlls;
Deluded by their palﬁon they grow bold 5
Nor _walls,nor ﬁriét injunﬁions them with-hold:
That blifs, which in their life they could not

have,
They found at laft by meeting in the grave.
Hard by the place there ﬂood an aged tree
Which3 as if touch’d with their {ad deftiny.~
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‘Q64 ORCHARD&
whines their blénd, and eaus’d its fruit, which
late I

Was pale, noeblufh at the poor lovers face.
So Madam-fen Milly? heretofore, ‘

V Left by_ her faihuhlefs fervant, on the (hora,

When {he waspin’d away with grief and {hames
AnAlmond in her. fathers ground became.
’Pallac gives Olives; Bacchus do’s beﬁow

The Figgs and Vines to Ciro: Corn we owe.

But, what the Romans did, why mould I tell
Whofe arms on trees as well as nation's fell 1:
While they in chains the viétorsGhariots drew;
Their plants a; much inﬂav’d by Tiber grew,
Into his garden thus from Cmfu:

Lamb: ﬁrﬂ did Cherrys ingroduce g
Damfm Plums afforded 5 (Media.
With Lydia, Egypt, India, (aria,

V - - ‘ 1‘ ‘ And

OKC‘H‘ARDS. ' [I ['97
And PcrﬁaApplesgave;and there were brought
From the Gelmiz, who with Axes feught.

Each Nation which had her arms overcome,
Did thus pay tribute to triumphant Rom, .

Pbalzfclam theu,who 55am molt adorr'd,
Their empty ﬁelds with rows of Apples ﬁorfd.
And the CnﬂumianPeats, the Sah‘ne: placét ‘ i
, Ith’ Amitermm Vale, th’ Amman” gmc’t: ;
Tabnmu: then with Vines and Olives too 3‘

At thefe new plants amazed Ania

Admires : Owotria likewife then polfeﬂ

Of wholfom air,and with a fat {oil bleﬂ'l' I
Fruit bearing trees,which were befdre unknown

From other—Gardens brought into her 'own.-

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gﬁ- ORCHARD3

When Plants of a correaed tall are found,
And Stocks are chofen which are young and '
found;
Ththaﬂer then th’ adeptive bough mull bring “
Into thofe Stocks: of this the means I ﬁng
Which though they are diﬁiné‘t you learn with
cafe
How to Grafffruitlul ﬂips in barren trees.
Some cut down trunks, Which bore a lofty top;
And hollow them above, thus wood-men lop
The talleﬁ Oaks , and cut out four fquare
ﬂakes, - '
But Hill of all a wedge its pzﬂage makes.
This done.the [ions may defceud down right
Into the cleft 5 and with the Stock unite. }

Though :

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3

Though Others in the rind betwixt each bud » é
Make an inciﬁon, and the graff include, 7
Which by degrees is afterwards inclind
I" incorporate it {elf with the moiﬁ rind.
tome like a ﬂender Pipe the bark divide,
3r likea Scutcheon Hit it down the ﬁde.
Or the hard trunk, which a {harp augur cleaves,
into its folid part the Graff receives. ‘
Mean while, with care, the branches which are
ioyn’d,
, You with a fev’nfold cord mul‘t ﬁrongly bindr
And all the chinks with pitch or wax defend 5
ﬁor if the cruel air (hould once defcend
into the cleft, it would imp ede the juice:

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And to the plant its nourilhment refufe.

o 4. But,

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But, if thefe dangers it has once indur’d,
When the adopted branch rs well [can d;
By their conjunction trees their nature loofe ;
fI'hat which was wild before, more civil grows”?
Unmindful of their mother theytforfake
The taﬁ,which they from her at ﬁrﬂ-did take.- , .-
Brom yellow Qginces, and Carnelian: rife ( i

/ :Fruits, which are diﬁ'erenc'd by «various dies;

The Pear thus mends: the Slow affords goodb-
Plums ‘ ' ’
And the badChetry better now becomes,

From diff rent boughs dihingailh’d Species:
: ﬂroor 5 .
But now I tell how you mull mixyour fruit;
W hat branches with each other you may joyn:
What forts will bell in amity combine.

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mil kinds of Pens the Quince: «certain 3 . ' , .
~ !And them mew with their ' own rinﬂu‘re \
ﬁain.
“ {The'hoary‘ﬁars mama toAﬁplesigivei T
“They with thefhrubby Willow mo will live.
The Fig would love the Mulberry, if that
M iIts b‘la'ckerhue would foméwhat3moderaite.
' ICherrys with 'Imurels bluﬂaeg Will'compoun‘d :
'wA'pples with Apples do their raft confound. '
al‘iAnd, ‘froni the “falvage Plum, We Pears méy
raife : '
1 (If we maytredit what-Palladim'fays )
EBut Girdners n0w,by longexperience wife,

‘ «Whaefomicr ages taught them-may defpife;

They of Marga: ‘in'Willo‘ws fruits in‘c-lofe;
‘ S‘Tistrueﬁe'ﬁrﬁtheir colour grateful (hows. ‘ ’

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But, by this Marriage they degen’rate are,
And taﬁ but ill, although they look fofair,

. For various Plants what air,and {oil is good, 3

I And that, which hurts them, mutt be under-'
ﬂood. - . . 3

Warm air, and moiﬁure is by Apples lov’d :

But, if to (tony hills they are remov’d,

You muﬂ not blame them, if they then decay;

Through a crude {oil the Figg will ,make its
way :

If it be not expos ’d to the rude North,

A humid Sand will make thePeach bring forth.3r

The Pear, when it has room enough to fpread, ,

Where it has warmth {uﬂicient over head,

If it be feconded by the wet ground, 3

With fwelling fruits , and bloifoms will be

crown ’.d

The

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2' he backward Mulb’rychufes. robe dry, ' g ‘
For conﬂant moiﬁure'is its enemy.) ' ‘

¢ And a wed {oil the Apple vitiares, ‘ Rjg
‘ The Cherry deeply rooted propagates ‘
'~ t half with freedom as in Italy

The thriving Olives every where-Ewe fee; '

l milder ground the Lemmon moﬂ deﬁres : .

)ne more feverethe yellow 03in“ requires.- ‘
i t is nor ﬁt that Apricots fhould fraud

ma hot mold; and Cherrys love nor (and,

Nomore then Srrawberrys ; which laﬂ, if fat

an earth that’s well [ubdued, if to the heat '

9f the Warm Sun expos’d, they Coon abound” .

With juice, their Berrys then grow plump an’d

 

 

round.
érhofe hills, which favour Buck“, Lemmorrs
aerve: 7 '
5 3nd Melons which a gentler clime defcrve.
When

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' Whenawarmafcituttion Plump-begin,” ,
‘They quickly recompence the Gardner; pain.-

If in your Orchards any tree fecms faint,
With wohted culture cure the ﬁckly plant 5 ~
Er’e the whole Trunk is touch’d with the dif 1’

9 cafe. . '
Briars and Weeds which fatal are to Trees
Where ere the ground is bad the ﬁelds infeﬂ,
Whence ev’ry bou'gh with faintnefs is oppreﬂ. . 3
Culture mend; bitter plants -,': they then, ,whe‘"

break '
The lurface'oftneﬂ up 3 who molt their rake}
And forked tools about the roots employ ;
They, the belt fruits. and nobleﬁ trees enjoy.
But if the {oilor fow’r, or 51:11:"ka be,
Neither the careful Plow:mans induﬂry,‘

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0 R c HARD 3.- no;
:30}: told , nbr ﬁoﬁ ,' «Mm! of-Windbi'
rain,
mprovethofe ﬁelds, they never: can obtain ‘;
'heir ancient reputation, - all things there
‘ irow worfe a'nd worfe, forgetting what they
‘ were. '

V When for an Orchard y'buxa {ear will‘chufe,‘

* . irﬂ learn whateforrs of planting are in are :

7' ﬁlms with the humours of each place complys;

:a: open Plainsé an which the warm Sun lyes.
‘here let Your Trees afpi're in gra'unds iITClOS’d,’

v .. :ta' Dwarf._r:ii:e'of fru’it-‘treescb’e difpos’d;_

Vhofe boughs are round and ﬂro‘rc: nor body:

tall.

tome Plath, and rack their Layers on the
Wall.-

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W hill! Others make their twiﬂed Brancmi
grow}.

Like a {horn hedge, in a continued row. :

Thefe Rural ornaments by allare. {ought ;

Andzif. they vary, are more gracefulrthought..

Follow thefe precepts rather much, then thofcr n

Which our own ancient Husband-men impofe‘ --

The former age muﬁ all its claims reﬁgn,

Now all rhefe arts in perfeét luﬂre (blue. '

Truﬁ not your tender Plants. toomu‘ch abroma
To'Figgs the {ummcr Sun mull. be allow’d;: '
Apples,and Nuts,withCherrys,Plums'SLPear:
And the (of: Almond, which allwéatherhearsr .
Let them with freedom in the air alcendh . '.;:
And if juﬂ: rafts you to your Fruit would lendiir
If you would mend their genius, let them cal;

Their liberty,for if the Sun do‘s bake
The:

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{Them well, if to his light they are difplaid, - ‘ :
‘They vanquilh thofe which (cull: within the
- (bade. ' ' ' ~
iEither this beneﬁt from Maia: ﬂows,

 

' ?Who on all things his inﬂuence bellows 3
{Or elfe great Trunks to make their off-fpring
thrive, '
More juice and vigour from the earth derive. -
Perhaps the middle region of thesky,
[ For duller vapours dare not mount {0 high) A
Sometimes imparts a favourable Breeze, i .

ﬁnd farms with purer air the tOpsof Tree's.

Thenlet yourGa‘rdens in the Sun be plac’t;
mm him your: Apples mull receive their raft,
.ﬁAnd hardned thus the Summer they endure,

. i'fhofe which were crude he renders more tria-
ture.
The

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Thettende‘r brand you mull defend with Carey
And if you can the little race repair 1 '
With {harper tools you mail: remain excels; -
Or wit h your hand fuperﬁuous‘letves. fupprefa» -
And let no bough: its parent ouetfha'de, . .

Nor on a branch let greater weight be laid ‘;
Then it can bear: thofe blolfoms which decay}:
Or are not hopeful you muﬂ: take away ‘2
Till a more gen’rous oﬁ-spring'dosﬁrceeed ;
This‘ is the only way to mend the breed. '

The Mother of her children thus bereav’d

Muﬂ: with aﬂiduous culture he reliev'd. 2 '

Though it be Welcome to the fox-did (Wain,
Too fruitful trees their plenty boaﬂ in vain: “
Their (lore deﬁmys them ; rather let them feel i >
‘f‘h‘e wholfome (harpnefs of the cracked near:

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i'E‘For, while the Gard’ner th'ufelefs‘ Flow’rs in:
vades,

;-}-He greater glory to the Parent adds.

 

u‘No tree can long its fruitfuinefs enjoy ;
Such virtues their polfeﬂ'ors foon deﬂzroy.~
.llnlef: they ceafe from bearing,they muﬂ wait 3
‘fFor no extream of good can ever laﬂ.
They who retard their fruit deferve more‘ﬁraife,
Then they who nature by incitements raife.
Some Gardnersl remember near the town,
With dung their ﬂower Apples haﬂned on.
’T he ufual Method could not them content, -
They by their hail the Seaions did preVent’.
v Let no fnch cuﬂoms in your Gardens be,
For thefe produétions are an in jury.
l ’1' hey in a Lethargy the Plants ingage’,
A. And make them fubjea to untimely age.

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item 'OKOHAKDSQ:

Let not your fruits their fealons‘then {aria-key ';
Nor with ungentle hand'fow’r Apples take:
Leafi with Abortian you the mothers kill, '

And your nice itomach with raw humouts ﬁll. '

If you are cutious how your fruits are died,

To neighb‘ring walls their branches mutt be:
tyed.

When Titans raies on them at midday beat,

And grow more pow’rful by reﬂected heat;

Thole, which are moﬂ expos’d, will belt de-
me

The pleaﬁng colours which the Sun can give,

How this advantage is to be obtain’d;
And how t’augment the heat (hall be explain’d...
Firﬂa long wall you muﬁ'due South area,

From thence the moft intenﬁve warmth expelli-1

This

' ,OfR‘C H, AKD S. ‘5“ .
This dawbe~with Monet 0% '5‘ which-being
‘ * plain V . ‘
Will beﬂ reverbe rate the raies again.
Thofe vermine too are lcill’d by fcorch‘ing lime’
Which would dell-toy the trees themfelves in

time.

Next hooks of Iron ﬁx along the wall, I
On them let Poles or Rods of Willow fall:

On which the branches may depend in rows; '
The Husband-man with twiggs may tye them
clofe, a ‘ A - ,,
Though others {alien them with knozts of wire,

In time the pliant boughs themfelves deﬁte
To hear that yoke, to which they are reﬁtain’d,
If from their tender youth they are inchain’d.
That lo by long obedience being taught,
They to their duty may with eafe be brought.

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Age dos rebellion into {boots inﬂill:
And makes them ﬂubborn to the benders will.

‘ Then, that they may comply withgreater

Y cafe,

Ini’trnﬁ them in fubmiﬂion by degrees.

' While blooming years permit, and while they
have

An inclination proper to' inﬂave ;

Along your walls young trees hctimes expand,

Which by degrees may [loop to your com-
mand. '

The branches, if in decent order plac’t.
By fervitude are not at all dirgrac't.
No more, then when a woman dos with care
Within ﬁrié‘t ﬁllers bind her ﬂowing hair :

Difpoﬁng

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Difpoﬁng it according to the mode,_

When {he intends to {how her drefs abroatd. ‘
Reﬂraint becomes her hair; and thus a Tree
When it is captive tvill more lovely be. ‘

If lawlefs twiggs rebell am from the ref! ‘5 ‘
And the green mantle dos the wall inveﬂ.

Thefe textures nobleﬂ tapeﬂry tranfcend,
And with their beauty all the place commend,-
C hieﬂy when diﬂ” rent fruits their feafons know,»
And to your ﬁght their various colours ﬂtow. »
How mull it then the Gardners heart affeﬁ,
To fee thofc beautys he ne’re durﬁexpeét 5 ..
While on thefruit-chargfd walLthe Piggegrow,

black,

And Peaches red. the boughs with Apples
crack.

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For when the Summers particolour’d race

Appeéirs,'then ev’ry tree its wealchdifpiaies, - V

, W hioh was before beneath the leaves cOncea‘ﬁI’d‘E

Then tis delightf iii to furvey edch ﬁeld,

To viﬁc'an your-75114, and to ree

What fruits and treohires in‘your Gardens he;

Nor unaffeﬁing to admire thofe dies,

Whieh-omne'bréinahy folds‘yo‘ur ﬁght furprifc.

To p‘fnék the early fruit, or if you will,

Home to convey the Panniers which you ﬁll.

Whérhér you fea'rch what fruits afe of good:
k“ d3” ; . 'L.

o: wand the Gmiw or your Orchhrdsﬁnd 5

Or With what cnitu're Planes wil‘l'ﬂourifh bell;

And when afpiring twiggs muﬁ be reprcﬁ.

If Yo‘u‘woul'd ﬁnd what ﬂocks» willGraﬁ‘sadmit,

And how far Graffs their former namesfo'rget.

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And riches of the great , fame youl deride
And city noife, nor the un‘cohﬂant 111111111
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For whether they their Plahtsin order View, '
Or ove1laden boughs with props renew,- ' “"3 1 ‘
Or if to formig'n fruits new names they give,‘
If they the taﬂ ofev’ 1y Plum explore, ' ‘ ' .T
To eat at fecOnd courfe ,1 W9hat would: they
more 1? ~ 9‘
What greater happinefs can be deﬁr’d,

Then what by thefe diverﬁorit 1311521111911 .1" ‘1:

You who theb'eauty of your trees deiign,
To each along the'walls- its {eat aﬂign;

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Cherrys with Cherrys, Figgs with Figgs may

meet,
The Syrian and Cru/lumian Pears are E t
To mingle with the Brittilh, but we ﬁnd
ThatApples and red Plums mull not be joyn'd,
All that are of a fort together plant,
They muﬂ {uccee d if they no culture want.
And when affairs of greater moment ceafe
To {et their ﬁations be your buﬁnefs.
For if they have not ample room to {pread
They then both ﬁrength and nourifhment will

need.

Buti’what the kinds and various natures are '
Offruitfultrees, I mull not now declare .-
Nor tell their different appezlrances,

Or how the Gardners at: has with {uccefs'

Improv'd

ORCHARD&§':V
~llmprov’d our Orchards, what; {hould l‘cou‘nt
ore .
Thofe fruits, which Prrﬁa {ent us heretofore 2'“
"Why or their tafte ihould Irelate, or hue, . ‘
Which more illuftrious by its purple grew 7;
Some of a thiclrer fubﬂance Rick {aft on, k.
While orhers which are thintier quit the ftone'.
Thefc laft with Juice and deWy Moiﬂure fwell;
And all the other forts by much errcell.l
Others there are which, like the Plum, are:
thin,
And have tic-down upon their naked ski-m; '
Their Species, Forms, nor Names I here mull. A
ﬁng , . ‘ _ ‘ ., _
.As thofe which the Armenian: once dicl bring .
iFrom their high hills,by native Blufhes prais’d ; '
”Or thofe which from great Routes 4141mm rais’dip

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Tibaﬁiéa Peaéhes I mtiﬂ here forget,
‘ Then which Picem'an ones were thought more :
‘Ffweet. I ‘
Not here zeal! of quncesmuﬂ-I bean,
Which,- whenehey have no Tmell, are valued

(a

moﬂow ...
Cheri'ys, whidh at 'ﬁri’t- courfe are grateful ﬁill ;
0r Eggs, §Whiéhiheavhly Neé’cat do diﬂill.
I here pafs'ore, «here {tom their taﬂe obtain ‘
More honour, » that the menow Apples gain; '

ButNamre {fever-‘ﬂjow’d moréwantonn‘eifs' I
ﬂew, awheh fdim‘thy‘ﬂiapes ﬂié did‘imprefs,
Promo“? ardens to the Pears which letfengroﬁ
Andz‘did toenhitsp'toper Juice aﬂOw.

Some imitate- the brisk Paternim'W inc, ’
0théts,‘like‘Muﬁ;-to fweetnefs more incline;

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In {waningzromeeeéava'gmappear;.' ”
”And crooked Nem- With om-mig batman;
To Plums and Grapes juﬂ commendations

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yeild,
If on the Wan :h‘eym by pr'ops'uphefd. : ': r1
Mufcét,‘ and P‘mp1wiuemméhw110brer’va
Their wontedzfeafdﬂég» ‘may'éli'r-Waiffe defer-veg;
The humble séhm'enysl wbﬁtdiepeér,‘ '
W hich are by nature with fweet juié‘b‘iﬁplea’t.
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The fragrant odoilrs W111ch‘ {16111 84240115 fpuag
‘ When Husbandmen give precepts to exﬁﬁhd
Their ue‘esfc‘o iinuatexﬁe fﬁréﬁEing ma; 0
Or backbone 01.311115 tbeﬁéﬁiethheé chum -
When er ’c'oné Trunk the Branches dos pm;

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Succefsful trialls b0th the’fc ways have had : .
And thgrefore ufe of either may be made.

You cannot be too often put in mind

,4 Of that advantage which your Plants will ﬁnd

Byyybeing prun’d : the bought will thus obay ,

And-by your tool are faihion’d any 'way.

V Though tough with age, they (loop to your

command,

Nor can the crooked pruning Knife withﬁand.

And when the Trees thus cut revive agen,

When from their wounds they borrow courage,
i. then . . _ ‘ A -

0ft exercife your pow’r, and fo reitore

Beauty to that, which‘was deform’d before.

' Youth unadvif’d dos in deﬁre exceed .-

And would without all moderation breed.

The

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The Pruners care muﬁ l'uccour each defea, "
he with his hook their vices muft cog.
Superﬂuouslhoots his fervants may rep {55 1
D'eﬂruétive pity makes them more increafe; -'

\But in what part they mull: be cut, and how,
From the experienc’d you will better know, H
Always untouch’d the chielell branches fave,
From whom you hope: future race to have.
Now if the Seafon proves reciprocall ; '
You may behold your fruit upon the wall.
zYours Gardens riches then will make you glad;
N or think that any thing can colour add,

ZOr bignefs to them, but that inﬂuence,

iWhich on their ranks kind Pbabxa do’s dil-
pence.

Name your wilhes‘ then will fatisfy,

zlf with there Methods only you comply.
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And thbugh we ripenefsjtg .ontfxuitsimparg .‘ .a
By h'nmllsreﬂeﬁeds- yet thisart , a

By th , eportsof dark antiquity, . ,

Inthe records of time is let: more high.

 

. And if we may at all our: faith ingage
To what we hear of the preceding age, ‘

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, Alcinam ﬁrﬁ, who the Pbmatiam fwaid,

T has to have cultivated Trees is (aid.

His ﬂores with ufual plenty overﬂow’d,

And when the yearitsufual hope had ihow’d, r
FrOm the malicious North atofe a Mall,
Which in one night laid jail the Garden waft. 4
If any Plant by fortune was retriv’d,

And, in the ﬁelds, the common fate {urviv’d ;
That wine, which by Boreas was begun,

Was ﬁnilh’d by the fpiteful Air, and Sun.
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All through the sky unwanted tempeﬂsrdre,‘
CAnd horrid noifes the clear Welkin note. 3 >
The greateﬂ ﬂaughter on the Orchard falis, ~ .
Struck with portents the King the Augurrcalls'.
The meaning ofthe prodigies inquires, ’
And their advice upon his lofs deﬁres.
Prom Calais and Z aka: fome pretend
( Both fprungfrom Ema) that thefe plagues
defcend.
The‘Kings alliance both of them had fought,
Nor were unworthy by the Mother thought :'
The Daughter too their paﬂion had approv’d,
But neither wereby Prince or People lov’d. ‘
Their Father vex‘d to fee his Sons deceiv’d,
By them perhaps had his revenge contriv’d.
Becaufe they both were angrywith the King.
Some from Atlawiancadypﬁ bring

Thefe

 

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‘iThefe mifchiefs. cim only, ionic accus‘d. i'
I Calyp/a rnindful how [he was abus’d

' By the waaciam, when Lam: (be

From drowning fav’d, and boaﬂed him to be

Her right, {he then to be reveng’d, decreed

That Circe: neighbourhood, and hate migh ?
breed

Thefe’ ills fome think , that (he the Moon:
afpeét I

Had chang’d, and did the purer air inle€t.-

But good Eurymedan, who was the Prieﬂ
0f lebm, and a Prophet better gheﬂ.

' Think nor, fays he, that our misfortunes ﬂow

From outward caufes, to our {elves we owe

Our dire mifhaps 5 nor did helonger fpeak.

The King commands he (hould his ﬁlence‘
break,

And

 

w*~arcaaxpg' ﬁg
’ And bids him undifcover’d crimes recite”. .
% Then he -, The weight ofour affairs permits
Not many words , ‘ when worfe events are
fear’d, ‘ ' '_
Appeafe the gods, while prayers may be‘hear‘d.‘ ‘ V
t The objeéis of their vengeance now we are, .
When plenty ﬁil‘d his Roms, to his own care, !
r And art, Aicinom did afcribe his fruit.
,.Madman that {hould the gifts of Heav’n dif‘
pute!
' That, he the Sun and Winds {honid (o negle‘a, ‘
Nor his devotions to great 550w direﬁ.
Himfelf the criminal he thsn did ﬁnd,
a Accuﬁng his prov’d thoughts and haughty _

mind.

Strait he repairs to the Pbmcian wood,
NV here the Hefperim Nymph had her abode 5‘

Q; Where

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2 ’2 5' ‘ 0 K c H A K D S. ‘
x W here {he the Oracles of Heaven (poke.
Soonia (of: voice the {acred ﬁlence broke.

T9 mighty 3711121!” twelve Bullocks pay :

As many more on Titan: Altars lay.

 

Both Deity’s have bin provok’d .5 from them

Our fruits, and all Other our blelIings ﬁream.

They went, and to great yam twelve Bullocks
paid :

And twice ﬁx more on T itam altars laid.—

Thefe rites Eurymedm ordain’d, {hould be

Yearly perform’d by their poﬂerity.

Taughtby the Nymph .Ala‘nm now im-
mures
His Orchards in, and {0 his Plants {ecures
From hurtful blaﬁzs, and where they wanted
heat, s
Upon the Walls he makes the Sun-beams beat. .
This

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' This way of {etting Trees arofe {mm hence 5 l -
Which,though th’ Ila/paid»: had forgot long
_ ﬁnce, p
The Norman fwains reviv’d again 5 and ﬂrew’d : .
Their Servants, that their ground mull be ali-

low’d .

More warmth, for the reﬂeé'ted Sun alone;

! Could make their fruits attain perfeaion.

L From hence, this art to Paris’did adirance,‘

rAnd ﬁretch’d a: fclf through all the pans of

France,

You, who my precepts hear, this ornament;
Beﬂow upon your Gardens nor repent
H‘he building of long walls, and them Vinfold!
.W ith the green tapiﬂry -, no pains with-hold:
1And while you do the fruitful youth {urvay, '
’ Dr among leavy textures loofe your way 5
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“mew It

When you behold your thriving nurferys,
Cut all fuperﬂn’ous branches from your E‘rees.
The mailers hand improves thC,sz in; molt:
For he, if any Plant its hold has loft,

Or hang; he trims and ties it up 3* . n ;
i-Thus the neat hedge ltS beaUty dos regs-.n.
Vermin and Erwigs from the leaves he (bakes,
And of thofe fruits before atrial makes,
Which he deligns at fecond courfe to eat :’
The times of gathering he belt can {at

To the deferving praifes he extends;

And thoie which are deceitful difcommcnds.

I When once the ground is till’d,the Gardner
' then
Begins t' mama the ruder Husbandmen.
The tale and merit of each Tree he (hows,
And by what Grails the Parent better grows;

_ For

E 'OKC‘HAKDS .2239
For thus 15 he imploy ’-d while ev’ ry where
He v1f' ts all his wealth with equal care. .. i .
No time is loft. . the year with ﬁuits is hleﬁ it
Or elfe the boughs with ‘bloll‘oms are oppreli.

" Nor ﬂow nor idle lab‘rers molt you hire, I .»..
Thefe works excels of diligence require. ‘ I

i The ﬁubborn Earth and Plants exaé‘t the lame,
Which ar e by wins and culture only tame. " _
A backward fo:l with rotten dung improve, :

And of ten in the Sun the clods remove,

If after this the year lhould prove unkind,
You mua impure it to the {piteful wind.
iWhofe pow’rful blalis all ﬁtuations (way,

For ﬂill the ground dosHeav’ns command ohey.‘
Be kind ye winds, {0 (ball your altars {hare
A part of that, which you with pity (pare.

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A thoufand enemy’s, a thoufand ills
DroBlants prevail : . {ometimes the bad air; I:
inns
- Ihe hOpe-s oth’ Spring. and therefore you mull: ‘3:
try
With greateﬂ care thefe thr'eatning Plagues to: '
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If that difeafe which (prings from faulty air,
With its infeétion lhould your fruits impair ; 7 p
The gods with vows and prayers fupplicat-e,
No other remedy is left but that.

To fell thofe Trees can be no lofs at all,
Whole age and ﬁcknefs would your Axe fore-;
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And plenty, will fupply the vacant place.
Plants

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Plants by their looks betray their ﬁrength and
years, '

If through the gaping rind the wood appears,
If dying leaves upon the boughs are (ecu, ‘
While all the ref: are ﬂourifhing and green :’

If they look pale, then with your knife invade
Thole branches which afforded too much {had e-

Sometimes beneath the bark a Cankerbreeds',
Or burning Mofs which like a {cab o‘re fpreads
The trunk with cruel Venom, thefe reprefs
Before they reach the quick, and ere they feize
The inward parts, before that all the race
With a pernicious leanefs they difgrace.

If the exhauﬁed fpirits fail to do
Their oﬁi ces, if they degen’rate grow,
Dig up the Earth and with the dung of { wine

Orthe hoarfeStock-dove make it then combine .
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The hungry Mold muff thus be fatisﬁ’d.

And thofe do well who m deep trenches hide

\ Dry Leaves among their Dung, with Fern, .or

\ Broom,

Bean fhales, or dirty Alhes are by {ome '

Ibrown on their ﬁelds,‘ all thefe the ground ‘
will aid,

But letit never be too fertile made.

Foras a.’1‘ree due nourilhment may want,

So too rich Soil deﬁroys the tender Plant.

’And if you know not how a barren ﬁeld

Muﬁvbe incourag’d, and with pains be till'd,

Or if you would allay rich Mold, that art,

v 'Iherules of culture fully will impart.

When from fwift clouds or rain dofcends, or
r. A thoufand Plagues your Orchards will aﬂail,
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As Gnats, Worms. Caterpillers which infold
The boughs, with buzzing Drones, and Snails

inroll' d,
W ithin their Shells made always circular,

1 OfMerops too, and Other Birds beware,
Which, from the mifchiefs that their Beaks

effea,
Are Tigers call’d; when thefe begin t’infeét '

Yorr Nurferies they are a Peitilence

Wth which no careful Gardner muit difpence'»

Wgth ﬂying {moak thefe Enemys oppofe,

And kill the Vermin on the Leaves and-Boughs,

Flys here, and painted Lizards I omit,

With cunning Moles, which ﬂill avoid the
light,

And Mice, who from their holes their thefts
repeat;

All thefe withdifi’rent Traps you muft defeat,

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‘As cuﬂom'and experience teaches'beﬂ;
Nor ought I here more precepts to fugg‘eﬁ;
I write not now to dull unskilful fwains,
Such as of old till’d the Laurenti‘ne plains.
I i i 'All Husbandmen are now [0 artful grown,
That almoﬁ nothing can be further {hown
Of culture, norhing can be found out more,
. Then what has bin invented long before.

‘ My haﬁy Mule permits me nor to Write
Of famous Gardens here. or to recite
Thole noble Villa’s, which deferve my verfe, “
Nor here my Countreys honours I rehearl‘e.
Ye Gardens therefore, and your owners too,

Forgive me, if you have not what’s your due.

When Frame her former riches {hall regain, '

If our affairs ﬂioulrl profper once again 5

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Then by the'bpum)’ of alaﬁrngPeaoe,“

Our labours may be crown’d with more fucce {5.
The World of late in Warrs has bin ingaged, ..
And [tern Enyo through all Earope rag’d 5 ’ ' \' ‘. 75;“

   

Famine, and Peﬂilence, and Beavers raign’d,

The blulhing ﬁelds with civilGore were ﬂain’d.

The gods were all avcrfe, who can remount ‘

Thole crimes, which do the reach of thought
{utmount 3

The violated Laws, the broken faith,

And Nations guilty of their ’Sovfrains death 1’

And heavier ills then thefe had yet remain’d,

IfLmis from the gift of Heav’n obtain’d ;

Had not with pow‘rful arms, and greater mind,

Repair‘d our fOrtune, ere it quite declin'd,

Then having ﬁretch’d his bounds from lhore to
lhore, ' ’

That he might arts'and manners too reﬂore,
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And through the :World the golden age re:-
new 5 d ' I

The rains, ofjuﬁice great Lemon to you

He gave; and you ore his Tribunals plac’t .-

When led by you Aﬁroea ihall',f at lal‘t,

Return to us agen, as we have-caufe :

To hope from .the beginnings of your Laws;

Then {hall the Earth in her ﬁrﬂ glory be ;

And thofe new arts and methods which by
thee

'1" improve their Plants the Husbandmen re-
ceive,

I Shall ever in thy native Soil furvive.

Thus much of Gardens , I at Clemson:
fung,
In thee fweet Paris ; treading all along

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When blcﬂ m her affairs, 1n hcr ﬁanmre.
Ore willing Nationgl-‘mgcz begato (way:
{(And made the univerfe her Pow oba‘y. 1

 

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