 Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler - Page 111by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
 | Louis Lohr Martz - Poetry - 1986 - 388 pages
...task enjoyn'd, but till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or...night or two with wanton growth derides Tending to wilde. [9.205-212] We must believe that Eve is truly concerned about her work here, and not simply... | |
 | Bibliography - 1991 - 808 pages
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 | John T. Shawcross - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 500 pages
...redounded (as a flood) on those From whom it sprung ; impossible to mix With blessedness. [VII, 56-9] — What we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or...or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild. [DC, 209-12] The paths and bow'rs doubt not but our joint hands Will keep from wilderness with ease... | |
 | Anne Behnke Kinney - Social Science - 1995 - 380 pages
...when Adam describes his work in the garden: "The work under our labor grows, / luxurious by restraint; what we by day / Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop,...night or two with wanton growth derides / Tending to wilde." z1. Shiji, juan 11o; translated in Watson, Records of the Grand Historian, voL 1. p. 155. 22.... | |
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