The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley Collected and Edited from the Old Editions: With a preface on the text, explanatory and textual notes, an appendix containing works of doubtful authenticity, and a bibliography: By V. de Sola Pinto |
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To thee the Field its blooming useful Store
Shall offer, baneful Herbs shall be no more,
No more the lurking fiery Serpent's Sting
Shall sudden and severe Destruction bring,
In common Ways Assyrian Sweets shall spring;
But when advanc'd in Years, thyself shall read
Of Heroes Fame, and each paternal Deed,
Extracting thence their Virtue's hopeful Seed,
By soft Degrees the yellow-waving Corn
Arising, shall th' extended Plains adorn;
On Hedges purple Grapes in Clusters grow,
And from hard Oaks delicious Honey flow.
Shall offer, baneful Herbs shall be no more,
No more the lurking fiery Serpent's Sting
Shall sudden and severe Destruction bring,
In common Ways Assyrian Sweets shall spring;
But when advanc'd in Years, thyself shall read
Of Heroes Fame, and each paternal Deed,
Extracting thence their Virtue's hopeful Seed,
By soft Degrees the yellow-waving Corn
Arising, shall th' extended Plains adorn;
On Hedges purple Grapes in Clusters grow,
And from hard Oaks delicious Honey flow.
| The poetical and dramatic works of Sir Charles Sedley | |