Medulla Poetarum Romanorum Or, the Most Beautiful and Instructive Passages of the Roman Poets. Being a Collection, (Disposed under proper Heads,) Of such Descriptions, Allusions, Comparisons, Characters, and Sentiments, as may best serve to shew the Religion, Learning, Politicks, Arts, Customs, Opinions, Manners, and Circumstances of the Antients. With Translations of the same in English Verse. By Mr. Henry Baker |
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Perceiv'st thou not the Process of the Year,
How the four Seasons in four Forms appear,
Resembling human Life in ev'ry Shape they wear?
How the four Seasons in four Forms appear,
Resembling human Life in ev'ry Shape they wear?
Spring first, like Infancy, shoots out her Head,
With milky Juice requiring to be fed:
Helpless, tho' fresh: and wanting to be led.
The green Stem grows in Stature and in Size,
But only feeds with Hope the Farmer's Eyes.
Then laughs the childish Year, with Flow'rets crown'd,
And lavishly perfumes the Fields around:
But no substantial Nourishment receives,
Infirm the Stalks, unsolid are the Leaves.
With milky Juice requiring to be fed:
Helpless, tho' fresh: and wanting to be led.
The green Stem grows in Stature and in Size,
But only feeds with Hope the Farmer's Eyes.
Then laughs the childish Year, with Flow'rets crown'd,
And lavishly perfumes the Fields around:
But no substantial Nourishment receives,
Infirm the Stalks, unsolid are the Leaves.
Proceeding onwards, whence the Year began,
The Summer grows adult, and ripens into Man:
This Season, as in Men, is most replete
With kindly Moisture and prolific Heat.
The Summer grows adult, and ripens into Man:
This Season, as in Men, is most replete
With kindly Moisture and prolific Heat.
Autumn succeeds: a sober, tepid Age,
Not froze with Fear, nor boiling into Rage:
More than mature, and tending to Decay,
When our brown Locks begin to mix with Grey.
Not froze with Fear, nor boiling into Rage:
More than mature, and tending to Decay,
When our brown Locks begin to mix with Grey.
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