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Begin the Harveft, as the Pleiads rife, [Skies; 
And take the Plough, when they withdraw the 
For Forty Days and Nights their glimm’ring Light, 
Obfcur’d to us, no longer chears the Sight. 
To this I might add Homers, Image of the Hog- 
Star , but efpecially the cxa& Defcription in Hejtod. 
3 AH? OTTOiQ/LVCf) OVCtXiyXlOV) 05 TS y.<xAl<?Ct 
Axy.'aipov 'uiccfJi^ctivrai heh&fJLW^coKectvolo- IA««F. E'.f. 
Like the red Star, that fries th’autumnal Skies, 
When frefh he rears his radiant Orb to Sight j 
And, bath’d in Ocean, fhoots a keener Light. 
— — effl y i TOTg Xei'&t©* app 
Bcuou \zzrtp x.e(pcc?\.rii xrg/,1 petpzow dy^rpeo^oou 
’'Ep^elcu vfxanoi, -wAet ov pj rs yvxlo 5 e-wocupet. 
'Ho-ioS'd'Epf. E(£a. 0. jy. 
For then the Hog-Star governs in his Courfc, 
Walks o’er the Heads of Men, who feel his Force, 
Comes in the Day, but chiefly fhares the Night. 
How beautifully does the fame Writer exprefs the 
Gefture of Orion , as he is following the Pleiads ? 
Evr av riAjjia/'gs caivoi odpyy.ov 'Qpi&n’os 
•bevyuaM) 'uriHcoaiv k r,£po&Sict r zo-or7oy. 2 37" 
The Pleiads , flying from the threat’ning Scourge 
Of flrong Orion , plunge into the Surge. 
Perhaps this may give fome Light to a Paflagc of 
Virgil , that hath very much puzzled his Commen- 
tators. 
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