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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    Fookib THE “SUGAR=CANE.- . 4 Oft as they fpread abroad, and oft they {pread; 10 Careful pluck up, fo {well thy growing heap Of rich manure. And yet fome weeds arife, Of afpe& mean, with wond’rous virtues fraught : (And doth not oft uncommon merit dwell In men of vulgar looks, and trivial air ?) 110 Such, planter, be not thou afham’d to fave From foul pollution, and unfeemly rot ; Much will they benefit thy houfe and thee. ‘But chief the yellow thiftle thou fele@, Whofe feed the ftomach frees from naufeous loads ; . 115 And, if the mufic of the mountain-dove |Delight thy penfive ear, fweet friend to thought! This prompts their cooing, and enflames their love, Nor let rude hands the knotted grafs profane, Whofe juice worms fly: Ah, dire endemial ill! ‘How many fathers, fathersnow no more; 121 How many orphans, now lament thy rage P p The cow-itch alfo fave; but let thick gloves ; Thine Ver. 114. the yellow thiftle] The feeds of this plant are an excellent emetic ; and almoft as ufeful in dyfenteric complaints as ipecacuana. It grows every where.
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