 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.  The Antiquary - Page 106edited by - 1890Full view - About this book
 | Homerus - 1807 - 408 pages
...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 ; 145 Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mold : The redd'ning apple ripens here to gold : Here... | |
 | Homerus - 1807 - 488 pages
...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 inclosure all around. 145 Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mold; The reddening apple ripeus... | |
 | 1808 - 408 pages
...watered them, enclosed within a quickset hedge. The »hole compass of this pompous garden enclosed — four acres : — " Four acres was th' allotted space...apples, figs, pomegranates, pears, olives, and vines : — " Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mold ; " The red'ning apple ripens into gold. "... | |
 | 1816 - 764 pages
...inclofed— four acres : Four acres was th' allotted fpace of ground, Fenc'd with a green inclofure all around. The trees were apples, figs, pomegranates, pears, olives, and vines. Alcinous's garden was planted by the poet, enriched by him with the fairy gift of eternal fummer, and... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 772 pages
...inclofed — four acres : Four acres was th' allotted fpace of ground, Fenc'd with a green inclofure all around. The trees were apples, figs, pomegranates, pears, olives, and vines. Alcinous's garden was planted by the poet, cntichc-d by him with the fairy gift of eternal fummer,... | |
 | Thomas Leybourn - 1817 - 442 pages
...by Mr. Pope. 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 inclosure all around. Tall thriving tress confess'd the fruitful mould, And red'ning apples ripen here... | |
 | Homerus - 1818 - 434 pages
...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. 145 Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mould; The reddening apple ripens here to gold. Here... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...watered them, enclosed within a quickset hedge. The whole compass of this pompous garden enclosed — four acres : Four acres was th* allotted space of...The trees were apples, figs, pomegranates, pears, olive», and vines. Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold ; The red'ning apple ripens into... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 264 pages
...Homer's Odyss. vii, 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 the fruitful mould : The redd'ning apple ripens here to gold ; Here the... | |
 | William Stevenson - 1824 - 674 pages
...of imagination. 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 mould ; The red'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the... | |
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