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... golden and silver ages - He then describes the origin of agricul- ture , and the instruments employed in it - shows how to form a judgment of the ensuing harvest , and how to medi- cate and select the seeds - He then marks the connexion ...
... golden and silver ages - He then describes the origin of agricul- ture , and the instruments employed in it - shows how to form a judgment of the ensuing harvest , and how to medi- cate and select the seeds - He then marks the connexion ...
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... golden grain , And the new grape's uncultur'd vintage gave To mix its sweets with Achelóus ' wave ; 7 Ye , too , whose gifts my votive numbers guide , Fauns and fair Dryads that o'er swains preside ; Thou ! whose dread trident shook the ...
... golden grain , And the new grape's uncultur'd vintage gave To mix its sweets with Achelóus ' wave ; 7 Ye , too , whose gifts my votive numbers guide , Fauns and fair Dryads that o'er swains preside ; Thou ! whose dread trident shook the ...
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... golden harvests wave , there vineyards glow , Fruit bends the bough , or herbs unbidden grow ..... Her saffron Tmolus , Ind her ivory boasts , Spice wings the gale round Saba's balmy coasts : The naked Chalybes their iron yield , The ...
... golden harvests wave , there vineyards glow , Fruit bends the bough , or herbs unbidden grow ..... Her saffron Tmolus , Ind her ivory boasts , Spice wings the gale round Saba's balmy coasts : The naked Chalybes their iron yield , The ...
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... golden corn the furrow'd clod , Where the bean harvest burst the shatter'd pod , Or the light vetch , and bitter lupine grew , Bow'd to the gale and rattled as it blew . Oats and the flaxen harvest burn the ground , And poppies shedding ...
... golden corn the furrow'd clod , Where the bean harvest burst the shatter'd pod , Or the light vetch , and bitter lupine grew , Bow'd to the gale and rattled as it blew . Oats and the flaxen harvest burn the ground , And poppies shedding ...
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... golden plain : More rich the crops on Mysia's fertile fields , And Gargarus wonders at the wealth he yields . Him shall I praise who , o'er the new - sown earth , Crumbles the clods that hide th ' entrusted birth , Freshens with streams ...
... golden plain : More rich the crops on Mysia's fertile fields , And Gargarus wonders at the wealth he yields . Him shall I praise who , o'er the new - sown earth , Crumbles the clods that hide th ' entrusted birth , Freshens with streams ...
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