 | William Peter - 1856 - 590 pagina’s
...AI.CI vm s. f'r.nsK to the gates a spacious garden lies, From storms defended and inclement skies: Four acres was th' allotted space of ground, Fenc'd with a green enclosure all around, Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mould ¡ The rcdd'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1865 - 356 pagina’s
...ill-natured way, tells us,* that, " divested of harmonious Greek and bewitching poetry," it was but a small orchard and vineyard, with some beds of herbs and two fountains that watered them, enclosed by a thick-set hedge. I do not thank him for the observation ; I prefer to regard the four acres of... | |
 | Donald Grant Mitchell - 1884 - 352 pagina’s
...ill-natured way, tells us,* that, " divested of harmonious Greek and bewitching poetry," it was but a small orchard and vineyard, with some beds of herbs and two fountains that watered them, enclosed by a thick-set hedge. I do not thank him for the observation ; I prefer to regard the four acres of... | |
 | Walter Howe - 1890 - 332 pagina’s
...and his happy land" ?—POPE. Why, divested of harmonious Greek and bewitching poetry, it was a small orchard and vineyard, with some beds of herbs and...quickset hedge. The whole compass of this pompous garden enclosed—four acres. " Four acres was th' allotted space of ground, Fenc'd with a green inclosure... | |
 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1890 - 324 pagina’s
...Alcinous and his happy land. Why, divested of harmonious Greek and bewitching poetry, it was a small orchard and vineyard, with some beds of herbs and two fountains that watered them, enclosed with a quickset hedge. The whole compass of this much-vaunted garden enclosed just four acres. Four... | |
 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1890 - 308 pagina’s
...Alcinous and his happy land. Why, divested of harmonious Greek and bewitching poetry, it was a small orchard and vineyard, with some beds of herbs and two fountains that watered them, enclosed with a quickset hedge. The whole compass of this much-vaunted garden enclosed just four acres. Four... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1903 - 704 pagina’s
...industrious arts. Close to the gates a spacious garden lies, From storms defended and inclement skies. Four acres was th' allotted space of ground, Fenc'd with a green enclosure all around. Xall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mould; The redd'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the... | |
 | Caroline Hubbard Bailey - 1921 - 48 pagina’s
...Lowndes. FRUlTS "Close by the Gates a spacious Garden lies, From Storms defended, and inclement Skies; Four Acres was th' allotted Space of Ground, Fenc'd with a Green Enclosure all around. Tall-thriving Trees confess'd the thriving Mold; The Red'ning Apple ripens here to Gold. Here the Blue... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1963 - 884 pagina’s
...Guardian, 1713] Close to the gates a spacious garden lies, From storms defended, and inclement skies : Four acres was th' allotted space of ground, Fenc'd with a green enclosure all around. Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mold; 5 The red'ning apple ripens here to gold, Here the... | |
 | John Calhoun Stephens - 840 pagina’s
...Homer's Odyss. 7. Close to the Gates a spacious Garden lies, From Storms defended and inclement Skies: Four Acres was th' allotted Space of Ground, Fenc'd with a green Enclosure all around. Tall thriving Trees confest the fruitful Mold; The red'ning Apple ripens here to Gold, Here the blue... | |
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The red'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the blue fig with luscious juice o'erflows, With deeper red the full pomegranate glows, The branch here bends beneath the weighty pear, And verdant olives flourish round the year. 
