1798.] 
The anxious hufbandmanhis lofs furveys, 
And reaps a crop which fcarce his toil repays. 
Genius of Albion! laden with thy ftores, 
See numerous veflels croud thy chalky fhores 5 
To foreign climes fee thy bright harvetts 
borne, 
While heav*n propitious fends a rich return. 
Could we, from fome bold mountains height 
furvey, 
Where thy beft cultur’d fields their charms 
difplay ; 
Long fhould we gaze on Norfolk’s fertile 
plain, 
Where ftill unrival’d crops her fame fuftain. 
The induftrious ploughman twice renews hts 
toil, : 
And, with a well-tried pair, divides the foil; 
Careful, he fhuns the fun’s meridian rays, 
And refts, while others faint. beneath the 
blaze. 
Soon as the fertilizing root was found, 
Thick ranks of corn enrith’d the barren 
ground, : 
O’er the gay fields fuperior verdure fpread, 
And flocks conveying plenty as they tread; 
Where his forefathers rear’d the reedy cot, 
The well-built villa cheers the yeoman’s 
lot. 
Then fhould we turn to Cantium’s chalky 
fhore, 
Where ftormy feas provide'an ample ftore 
Of choice manure, collected long with care 
The mellow heaps the wetl-plough’d lands 
prepare. 
No noxious weeds draw off the rich fupply, 
A garden neatnefs charms the admiring eye ; 
Hence are thy feeds todiftant counties borne, 
And the experienc’d ploughman feeks thy 
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The lovely greenfward, and the wide 
champaign, 
Where the South Downs extend their beau- 
teous plain, 
Arreft the wand’ring eye, though bleak the 
fpot, 
When wintry blafts {weep round the fhep 
herd’s cot; 
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Yet numerous flocks, Britannia’s pride and 
boat, , 
Range the fmooth downs, and cheer the 
ftormy coatt. 
Oft have I feen, bencath the hawthorn 
. fhade, 
On the green turf reclin’d, a ruftic maid, 
Watching, with anxious eye, her fayourite 
lambs, 
In playful circles {porting rownd their dams 5 
O’ercome witla noon-tide heat, have heard ber 
hail 
The cooling frefhnefs of the rifing gale, 
Then, while the kinder zephyrs gently blow, 
Deeply the fight, and tclls her tale of woe. 
Ob! faithlefs fwain, unmindful of my lovey 
Pure as the whiteft {now, or fpotlefs dove 5 
Oft have I watch’d with joy my Damon’s 
plough 
And heard with rapture every faithlefs vow. 
When in their graves, with duteous homage | 
paid, 
Thefe eyes beheld my long-lov’d parents laid, 
Would that difeafe had blafted all my blcom, 
And ftretch’d me lifelefs in a mother’s tomb 5 
But now, unfriended, muft | meet the ftorm, 
And brave affli€tion in her fterneft forni; 
An outcaft orphan, beg my daily bread, 
And on the barren ftone repefe my head. - 
Thefe {portive lamhs no longer give delight, 
Til feek the darkfome grave, and tura my 
“ day to night. 
She breaks her paftoral crook, her auburn hair 
Difhevel’d hangs, and floats upom the air, 
With hurried fteps fhe feeks the cave of 
death, : 
And in delirium wild, refigns her breath. 
Echo alone, along the mift-clad vale, 
Proclaims her woe, and tells the tragic tale. 
Thus have we feen the faireft dower that 
blows, 
‘Surcharg’d with dew, the lovely blufhing rofe, 
While unimpair’d its beauteous dyes remain, 
Bow to the ftorm, and fink upon the plain. 
Enficld, Sept. 2, 1797- 
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Mr, SANXTER FOR A PLOUGH FOR 
PARING LAND. 
ie May, 1798, a patent was granted 
to WILLIAM SANXTER, farmer, of 
Horfeheath, Cambridge, for the inven- 
tion of a plough for paring land. 
This appears to be a fimple inftrument 
and of confiderable utility: it is worked 
by two horfes and a man, and differs from 
the common plough in having a triangu- 
Jar horizontal fhare and a perpendicular 
coulter, together with a foot-board, by 
which the fhare is capable of being cle- 
vated or depreffed at pleafure, according 
to the thicknefs of furface intended to be 
removed. 
Mr. PALMER FOR AN IMPROVED 
THRESHING MACHINE. 
In June, 1798, a patent was granted to 
Joun PaLMER, of Maxtock, Warwick, 
yeoman, for an improved threfling ma- 
chine. 
The propofed improvement confilis in 
having only one half of the cone or cylin- 
der fluted, the’ other being left plas; 
whereas, in the common threfhing engine, 
the 
