The Hop-garden: A Didactic PoemH.P. Silvester, 1799 - 118 páginas |
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... fuel near- These will make cheerful , and the fleety storm Bid thee and thine defy . Their lofs not long Wilt thou repine . What time the foil is till'd For For Hop's deep - fearching root , the spot re 12 BOOK I. THE HOP - GARDEN .
... fuel near- These will make cheerful , and the fleety storm Bid thee and thine defy . Their lofs not long Wilt thou repine . What time the foil is till'd For For Hop's deep - fearching root , the spot re 12 BOOK I. THE HOP - GARDEN .
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... wave , Scenting the light - wing'd breezes , as they play , With Hop's all - fragrant bloffom . Site and Soil Thus fitly chofen , now thine eye around Caft Caft on contiguous trees , - -no friendly eye , BOOK I. 15 THE HOP - GARDEN .
... wave , Scenting the light - wing'd breezes , as they play , With Hop's all - fragrant bloffom . Site and Soil Thus fitly chofen , now thine eye around Caft Caft on contiguous trees , - -no friendly eye , BOOK I. 15 THE HOP - GARDEN .
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... Thine axle ' prisoning , -perchance , upset , Its load down frightful precipice o'erthrown ! Then - imprecations , blafphemous and loud , Bellows the angry Driver . Far from home , - No wifh'd affiftance vifible or near , 320 And ...
... Thine axle ' prisoning , -perchance , upset , Its load down frightful precipice o'erthrown ! Then - imprecations , blafphemous and loud , Bellows the angry Driver . Far from home , - No wifh'd affiftance vifible or near , 320 And ...
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... femblance , on her ruin'd towns . -Thine be those iffued from the trufty Bank- Stable as is th ' exiftence of her realm— England's- * Prov . xx . 14 . England's , or , thofe efteem'd not lefs fecure , 22 BOOK I. THE HOP - GARDEN .
... femblance , on her ruin'd towns . -Thine be those iffued from the trufty Bank- Stable as is th ' exiftence of her realm— England's- * Prov . xx . 14 . England's , or , thofe efteem'd not lefs fecure , 22 BOOK I. THE HOP - GARDEN .
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... thine , With early fort flore one . Succeffion , thus , Thy hired troops employing , wilt thou boast . 380 But , as thou Fortune's fmile wou'dft win , ne'er mix Diversity : -thy Genus be the fame In each particular Garden ; or , at ...
... thine , With early fort flore one . Succeffion , thus , Thy hired troops employing , wilt thou boast . 380 But , as thou Fortune's fmile wou'dft win , ne'er mix Diversity : -thy Genus be the fame In each particular Garden ; or , at ...
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affail bear beftow beſt bev'rage blaſt Bleffing bleſs'd bluſh boaft boaſt breaſt bright Britannia's Britiſh Cauſe charms cloſe cluſters cold courſe cryſtal Cyder deftin'd deftructive Deſcriptions didactic e'en effence Engliſh Erft ev'ry fafe fame faſt fave feafon fhall fhou'd fing firſt flain fleep flow'rs fmile focial foft foft'ring foil fole fome fong foon foul Friendſhip fubject fuch fwain fweet Garden gen'rous Gentleman's Magazine gladly glebe gueſts harmleſs Heav'n Herefordshire hoary HOP-GARDEN hop-pickers Hop's landſcape laſt lefs lib'ral Love Malvern mildew moffy moft moſt Mufe Muſe nature ne'er neighb'ring o'er obfervant Ofmund peſt plains Planter plants Pleaſure Poem poles poor pow'r purpoſe purſe purſue Refpect rife rude ruftic ſcene ſeaſon ſhall ſmall ſmiling ſpace ſpirit ſports ſpread ſpring ſtore ſtorm taſks tears thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro Thyſelf toil Tow'rs train trees uſe ween whofe whoſe winds woods
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Página 110 - Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent wept her soldier slain — Bent o'er her babe, her eye dissolved in dew, The big drops, mingling with the milk he drew, Gave the sad presage of his future years, The child of misery baptized in tears.
Página 117 - I rose before daybreak: when I came into the enclosures, I found the stubbles and clover-grounds matted all over with a thick coat of cobweb, in the meshes of which a copious and heavy dew hung so plentifully that the whole face of the country seemed, as it were, covered with two or three setting-nets drawn one over another. When the dogs attempted to hunt, their eyes were so blinded and hoodwinked that they could not proceed, but were obliged...
Página 78 - The jointed herbage fhoots ; th' unfallow'd glebe Yearly o'ercomes the granaries with ftore Of golden wheat, the ftrength of human life, Lo, on auxiliary poles, the Hops Afcending fpiral, rang'd in meet array ! Lo, how the arable with barley-grain Stands thick, o'erfhadow'd, to the thirfty hind Tranfporting profpeft ! thefe, as modern ufe Ordains, infus'd, an auburn drink compofe, Wholefome, of deathlefs fame.
Página 66 - See, see, unsummon'd, blithesome now advance The willing Pickers to the Garden's bound ; Where, plac'd to meet the moisture-drinking ray, They plant the Crib capacious. Soon commence Their various tasks. All emulous to please...
Página 117 - ... copious and heavy dew hung so plentifully, that the whole face of the country seemed, as it were, covered with two or three setting nets, drawn one over another. When the dogs attempted to hunt, their eyes were so blinded and hoodwinked that they could not proceed, but were obliged to lie down and scrape the incumbrances from their faces with their forefeet.
Página 110 - Who, then, no more by golden prospects led, Of the poor Indian begg'da leafy bed. Cold on Canadian hills, or Minden's plain, Perhaps that parent mourn'd her soldier slain : Bent o'er her babe, her eye...
Página 116 - It is probable that fome benefit might be produced by planting a fmall number of male Hops in each Garden (for the Hop is of that order of vegetables which bear the male and female flowers on different plants.) The advantage of this practice is experimentally proved with regard to the...
Página 97 - To minifter; but, to th' exterior-croud Of fleek church-wardens and church-tending dames. Incomprehennbly refin'd and deep ; Expofing fchifms and herefies long time Refuted — yet frefh broach'd, — unwary flocks To fever from their fhepherd ; flocks, too fond Of novel food, — not heeding whence deriv'd ; Whether from Salem's Mount, with deathlefs flow'rs And ever-fpringing pafturage adorn'd; Or whether from the rank and treach'rous fens 280 Whence many an ignis fatuus moots up To lead unftable...
Página 99 - Fafhion difplays, inconftant as the moon. Them to allure, in vain does chymic art For human veftments multiply its dyes. One mode of drefs contents them; and but few 310 The colours of their choice, — the gaudy fhunn'd, . E'en by the gentle fifterhood.
Página 99 - E'en by the gentle fifterhood. In youth, The rofes vivid hue their cheeks, alone, Wear, dimpling, — fhaded by a bonnet plain, White as the cygnet's bofom,— jetty black As raven's wing, — or, if a tint it bear, 'Tis what the...