OF GARDENS OLD AND NEW 



sort that can be imagined, I shall here present The 

 the reader with a translation of it. Akinous 



"Close to the gates a spacious garden lies, 

 From storms defended and inclement skies; 

 Four acres was the allotted space of ground, 

 Fenc'd with a green inclosure all around. 

 Tall thriving trees confess the fruitful mould; 

 The redd'ning apple ripens here to gold; 

 Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'er- 



flows, 



With deeper red the full pomegranate glows: 

 The branch here bends beneath the weighty 



pear, 



And verdant olives flourish round the year. 

 The balmy spirit of the western gale 

 Eternal breathes on fruits untaught to fail : 

 Each dropping pear a following pear supplies, 

 On apples apples, figs on figs arise; 

 The same mild season gives the blooms to 



blow 

 The buds to harden, and the fruits to grow. 



Here order'd vines in equal ranks appear 

 With all the united labours of the year. 

 Some to unload the fertile branches run, 

 Some dry the black'ning clusters in the sun. 

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