Volume 1

The poetical works of Erasmus Darwin ... Containing the Botanic garden, in two parts; and the Temple of nature. With philosophical notes and plates ... / [Erasmus Darwin].

  • Erasmus Darwin
Date:
1806
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Credit: The poetical works of Erasmus Darwin ... Containing the Botanic garden, in two parts; and the Temple of nature. With philosophical notes and plates ... / [Erasmus Darwin]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Attendant Nymphs her dulcet mandates hear. And nurfe in foflerlng arms the tender year. Plant the young bulb, inhume the living feed. Prop the weak flem, the erring tendril lead; Or fan in glafs-built fanes the ftranger flowers 599 With milder gales, and deep with warmer lliowers. Delighted Thames through tropic umbrage glides. And flowers antarctic, bending o’er his tides ; Drinks the new tints, the fvveets unknown inhales, And calls the fons of fcience to his vales. In one bright point admiring Nature eyes The fruits and foliage of difcordant fkies. Twines the gay floret with the fragrant bough. And bends the wreath round George’s royal brow. —Sometimes retiring, from the public weal One tranquil hour the Royal Part]!^eks deal;610 Through glades exotic pafs with dep fublime. Or mark the growths of Britain’s happier dime; With 1 eauty blofl'om’d, rnd with virtue blaz’d, Mark the fair Scions, that themfelves have rais’d; Sweet blooms the Rofe, the towering Oak expands. The Grace and Guard of Britain’s golden lands.