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quickfef hcdge. T^he whole cornpafs of this pompons garden 



inclofed'—'four acres. 



Four acres was th* allotted fpace of ground, 

 Fenc'd with a green inclofure ail around. 



^he trees were apples, Jîgs, pomegrajtates, pears, olives, and 



V2?îes. 



Tall thriving trees confefs'd the fruitful tnold -, 

 The redning apple ripens into gold. 

 Hère the blue fig with lufcious juice o*erflows, 

 With deeper red the full pomegranate glows. 

 The branch hère bends beneath the weighty pcar. 

 And verdant olives flourifla round the year. 



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Beds of ail various herbs, for ever green. 



In beauteous order terminate the fcene. 

 Aîcinouss garden was plant ed by the poet, enriched by hîm 

 with the faîry gif t of eternal fummer, and no doubt an effort 

 of imagination furpajjing any thing he had ever fe en. As he 

 has bejîowed on the famé happy prince a palace with brazen 

 walls and coliimns of fîlver, he certainly intended that the 

 garden floould bc proportionably magnificent. We are fure 

 therefore that as late as Homers âge, an inclofure of four 



acres 



