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BY ^ I ) 13 MAXELL . ,- ; : .- ; , I . ... . / .. How vainl y ^ To win the p ^ And their incessant labours see
THE GARDEN
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CJrown'd with some single herb or ) tree , Who ^ short and narrow verged shade WDoes prudently their toils npbraid ; To we ^ ve the g ^ lahds of repose . ^ w
Fair quiet , h ^ And innocence , thy sister d ( ear !
In busy companies of mem four sacred plants if here below , Only among the plants will grow . Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude .
in . No white , nor red , was ever seen So am ' rous as this lovely green . Fond lovers , cruel as their flame , Cut in these trees their mistress' name * Little , al ? is ! they know or heed , ' "How far these beauties herg exceed . J ? air trees , wheresoe v er your barks I wound , No name shall but your ow be found .
IV . ' What wondrous life is this I lead I <¦ Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarel and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; 1 Stumbling on melons as I pass , Insnared with flowers I fall on grass *
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BY ^ I ) 13 MAXELL . ,- ; : .- ; , I . ... . / .. How vainl y ^ To win the p ^ And their incessant labours see
THE GARDEN
Wm vcmmx m th $ seventeen'iceet ® m $ fyir
CJrown'd with some single herb or ) tree , Who ^ short and narrow verged shade WDoes prudently their toils npbraid ; To we ^ ve the g ^ lahds of repose . ^ w
Fair quiet , h ^ And innocence , thy sister d ( ear !
In busy companies of mem four sacred plants if here below , Only among the plants will grow . Society is all but rude To this delicious solitude .
in . No white , nor red , was ever seen So am ' rous as this lovely green . Fond lovers , cruel as their flame , Cut in these trees their mistress' name * Little , al ? is ! they know or heed , ' "How far these beauties herg exceed . J ? air trees , wheresoe v er your barks I wound , No name shall but your ow be found .
IV . ' What wondrous life is this I lead I <¦ Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine
Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarel and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach ; 1 Stumbling on melons as I pass , Insnared with flowers I fall on grass *