Of gardens. A Latin poem. In four books / English'd by Mr. Gardiner.

  • René Rapin
Date:
[1718?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Of gardens. A Latin poem. In four books / English'd by Mr. Gardiner. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    — DOOR A TWA DR I Her flying Phaon o'er th’ Ambracian Plain, With weary Steps the Nymph purfi'd in vain; And took.a Profpect ver th’ adjacent Flood; The Lesbian Nymphs advis'd the mournful Dame, Apollo Guardian of the facred Place, Beheld aud pity'd the fam'd Poete fi. And as foe from the Rock to leap affay d, Tho unimplor'd he baften’d to her Aid, And to a Stream transform d the falling Maid. The Waves roll headlong down the Steep, and prove. A mournful Emblem of defpatring Love. If on an even Plain your Garden lies, Where no afpiring Hills anid:Rucké arife, Like
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