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Sect. XIX. 8. 



OF FLOWERS 



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Italian feeds with parfimonious hand 

 The watchful Gardener fcatters o'er his land ; 

 Quick moves the rake, with iron teeth divides 

 The yielding glebe, the living treafure hides ; 

 O'er the fmooth foil, with horrent thorns befet, 

 Swells in the breeze the undulating net j 

 Bright fhells and feathers dance on twilling firings. 

 And the fcar'd Finch retreats on rapid wings. 



Next when the Twins their lucid forms difplay. 

 And hand in hand falute the lord of day j 

 When climbs the Crab the blue ethereal plain, 

 Or Ihakes the Lion his refulgent mane ; 

 Each paffing month renew the grateful toil* 

 Upturn with fhining blade the fertile foil ; 

 New feeds infert, whofe vegetable birth 

 May rife fucceffive from the womb of earth. 

 So fhall hibernal hours on frozen wing 

 View the green produds of the breezy fpring ; 

 Admiring nymphs the genial banquet Ihare, 

 Smile on thy labours, and reward thy care. 



But when three leaves the young Afpirer fhoots, 

 To other foils tranfplant the Ihorten'd roots; 

 Where no tall branches form a vaulted glade. 

 Nor ivy'd tower projefls a length of lliade ; 

 There in wide ranks thy verdant realms divide, 



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Parting each opening file a martial ftride. 

 There with charm'd words of fome poetic fpell 

 Call the blue Naiads from their fecret cell ; 

 From filver urns in lucid circles pour 

 Round each weak ftem the falutary fhower. 



Pants thy young heart to grafp the laurel'd prizC; 

 And fwell thy Brocoli to gigantic fize ? 



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The Crab, 30th of June 



The Lionj a2d of July. 



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