 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
 | Robert Kerr - 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... | |
 | Robert Kerr - 1824 - 686 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... | |
 | 1826 - 316 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... | |
 | Christian Cann - 1828 - 570 pages
...greatly celebrated. Close to 'the gates a spacious garden lies, From stones 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 redd'ning apple ripens here to gold ; Here... | |
 | Homerus - 1828 - 246 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; Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mould; The red'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the... | |
 | Homer - 1828 - 244 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; Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mould; The red'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the... | |
 | Henry Stephens - 1844 - 738 pages
...near their country dwellings. Homer specifies the smallness of the enclosures which were fenced : •' Four acres was th" allotted space of ground, Fenc'd with a green enclosure all around." ', The Romans followed precisely the same practice in fencing as the Greeks, for fences around their enclosures... | |
 | William Peter - 1856 - 590 pages
...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 ˇ The rcdd'ning apple ripens here to gold. Here the... | |
 | Edward Walford, George Latimer Apperson - 1890 - 308 pages
...mention of the Holy Name. — Shropshire Folk-lore, p. 78. §>ome BY JA SPARVEL-BAYLV. ˇJARDENING was, as we know, one of the first arts acquired by...and vines, and Beds of all various herbs for ever preen. In beauteous order terminate the scene. This garden of Alcinous, planted by the poet, was enriched... | |
 | Walter Howe - 1890 - 332 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 ground, Fenc'd with a green inclosure all around." The trees were apples, figs, pomegranates, pears, olives, and vines. " Tall... | |
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