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Page 9
... mead , and 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 ...
... mead , and 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 ...
Page 17
... meads the swathe pursue , And mow the stubble glittering o'er with dew . While some o'er wintry hearths , the livelong night , Point the sharp torch beneath the unsteady light , The housewife sooths late toil with many a song , GEORGICS ...
... meads the swathe pursue , And mow the stubble glittering o'er with dew . While some o'er wintry hearths , the livelong night , Point the sharp torch beneath the unsteady light , The housewife sooths late toil with many a song , GEORGICS ...
Page 44
... uncrumbling land Cleaves to the touch , and spreads beneath the hand . The humid earth large herbs luxuriant feeds , And with rank wildness . clothes th ' unfaithful meads : 41 % Ne'er may be mine tall blades that proudly tow'r , 44 ...
... uncrumbling land Cleaves to the touch , and spreads beneath the hand . The humid earth large herbs luxuriant feeds , And with rank wildness . clothes th ' unfaithful meads : 41 % Ne'er may be mine tall blades that proudly tow'r , 44 ...
Page 47
... meads . Spring comes , new bud the field , the flower , the grove , Earth swells , and claims the genial seeds of love : Æther , great lord of life , his wings extends , And on the bosom of his bride descends , With show'rs prolific ...
... meads . Spring comes , new bud the field , the flower , the grove , Earth swells , and claims the genial seeds of love : Æther , great lord of life , his wings extends , And on the bosom of his bride descends , With show'rs prolific ...
Page 48
... meads with bridal echoes ring ; Bath'd in soft dew , and fann'd by western winds , Each field its bosom to the gale unbinds : The blade dares boldly rise new suns beneath , The tender vine puts forth her flexile wreath , And , freed ...
... meads with bridal echoes ring ; Bath'd in soft dew , and fann'd by western winds , Each field its bosom to the gale unbinds : The blade dares boldly rise new suns beneath , The tender vine puts forth her flexile wreath , And , freed ...
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æther arms ARTHUR MURPHY Bacchus battle Bees bend beneath blast blood bloom boughs bound breathe brood brow burst Cæsar caves cells Ceres Chaonian clouds courser crown'd Cyrene dark deep domes dread Drones Dryads earth Eurus Eurydice faithful band fame feed field fierce fire flame flocks flood flower fruit galbanum gale genial GEORGICS glade glow golden grove heaven herds hive Jesuits Jove labour land leave light limbs load lonely mead native night nymphs o'er o'erflowing olive pale Paraguay plain plants plough poison'd pomp purple Queen race rage realm rear reign repose rich rill rise roll'd round rush Scorpius shade shelter'd shore showers sire soil spread spring steeds streams swain swarms sweets swell tempests thee thou thyme tide Tmolus toil vernal vines Virgil virgin waste wave wild WILLIAM SOTHEBY wind wing'd wings wood wound yield young youth