The sugar-cane: a poem in four books with notes / [James Grainger].

  • James Grainger
Date:
1766
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Credit: The sugar-cane: a poem in four books with notes / [James Grainger]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    + For, where thefe trees their leafy banners raife: Aloft in air, a grey deep earth abounds, Fat, light; yet, when it feels the wounding hoc, Rifing in clods, which ripening funs and rain Refolve to crumbles, yet not pulverize: 59 In this the foul of vegetation wakes, Pleas’d at the planter’s call, to burft on day. Turice happy he, towhom fuch fields are given! For him the Cane with little labour grows ; *Spite of the dog-ftar, fhoots long yellow joints; 55 Concoéts rich juice, tho’ deluges defcend. What if an after-offspring it rejeé ? . This land, for many a crop, will feed his mills ; Difdain fupplies, nor afk from compoft aid. Sucu, green St. Chriftopher, thy happy foil !-- 60 4 Knit ftrangers care for it; but, by u’e, foon become fond of it. The juice of the kernel marks linen with a violet-colour, Its wood is ioft and confequent!y of little ufe.. The French call it “* Bois @ * anife,? and the tree Avocat : the botanical name is Per- fea. Ver. 60. green St. Chriftopher,] This beautiful and fertile ifland, and which, in Shakefpear’s words, may juftly be ftiled A precious ftone fet in a filver fea, - 4 pleafed with its appearance, that he honoured it with his Chriftian- its centre, now called Mount Mifery, to the fabulous legend of the Devil's carrying St, Chriftopher on his fhoulders, But, Ripa , be
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