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49 Or, where the Eagle darts his vigorous flight From cliff sublime, to trace the realms of light; A fruit there grows, to fertile plains unknown, Whose beauties deck the sterile rock alone *; The c.reeping plant, low on the tony ground, Spreads like some lonely gem its radiance round: The topaz and the ruby here display Their blended lustre to the eye of day: 'Twas thus Hesperian gardens bloorn'd of old, Where Dragons watch'd the vegetable gold. All these, and more beside, of names unknown, Has Nature o'er the wilds profusely st rown; And vent'rous children wiele the waste explore, And to the Arrie bring the various store †. While bolder youth pursue the feather'd game, Of various plumage, and as various name; And adding what the finny tribes afford, With unbought viands load the simple board; Where milky draughts refre h the happy train, And each lives o'er th' excursive day again: *The natives call-this fruit Eyreickan, which is of the size and form of a large Strawberry, and not unpleasant to the taste;it is of incomparable beauty, being almost transparent, and of the most glowing colours, from all the variations of scarlet , shading off into a bright, and then paler yellow. † Arrie is a name in some districts given to the shealings. C
Title | Poems on Various Subjects |
Creator | Anne MacVicar Grant |
Date | 1803 |
Physical Description | 10, 17-447 p.; 24 cm. |
Publisher | Edinburgh: Printed for the author by J. Moir... : Sold by Longman and Rees... and J. Hatchard... London: by Mundell and Son, Manners and Miller, and Arch. Constable, Edinburgh... [and 5 others], 1803. |
Resource Type | Text |
Call Number | PR4728.G113 P6 |
Identifier | pr4728_g113_p6 |
Language | English |
Custodian | Baylor University - Armstrong Browning Library |
Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
Digital Collection | 19th Century Women Poets Collection |
Note | "List of subscribers": p. 415-447. |
Format | Books |
Title | Poems on various subjects - Page 45 |
Resource Type | Text |
Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
Digital Collection | 19th Century Women Poets Collection |
Full Text | 49 Or, where the Eagle darts his vigorous flight From cliff sublime, to trace the realms of light; A fruit there grows, to fertile plains unknown, Whose beauties deck the sterile rock alone *; The c.reeping plant, low on the tony ground, Spreads like some lonely gem its radiance round: The topaz and the ruby here display Their blended lustre to the eye of day: 'Twas thus Hesperian gardens bloorn'd of old, Where Dragons watch'd the vegetable gold. All these, and more beside, of names unknown, Has Nature o'er the wilds profusely st rown; And vent'rous children wiele the waste explore, And to the Arrie bring the various store †. While bolder youth pursue the feather'd game, Of various plumage, and as various name; And adding what the finny tribes afford, With unbought viands load the simple board; Where milky draughts refre h the happy train, And each lives o'er th' excursive day again: *The natives call-this fruit Eyreickan, which is of the size and form of a large Strawberry, and not unpleasant to the taste;it is of incomparable beauty, being almost transparent, and of the most glowing colours, from all the variations of scarlet , shading off into a bright, and then paler yellow. † Arrie is a name in some districts given to the shealings. C |
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