Vertumnus : An epistle to Mr. Jacob Bobart ... / By the author of The apparition.

  • Abel Evans
Date:
1713
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Credit: Vertumnus : An epistle to Mr. Jacob Bobart ... / By the author of The apparition. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [18] Hot only undifturb’d to Live,' But by Thy Goodnefs, BOBART, Thrive 5 Grow ftroRgy increafe, their Verdure hold, Asdwelling in tbeir native Mold. I 1 . * The reft, who will no Culture know, t But ceafelefs Curfe our Rains and Snow: A fickly, fullcn, fretful Race ; 1 The Gard’ner’s, and bis Art’s difgrace; Whom BOBART’s Self in vain doesftrive. With all his Skill to keep alive: Which from beneath the ^Equator come. In Indies fultry Forefts bloom. Of thefej at leaft, fince Nature more. Denies t’ encreafe thy living Store, Their