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The botanic garden, a poem

In two parts. Part I. Containing The economy of Vegetation, Part II. The Loves of the plants. With philosophical notes. The fourth edition. [by Erasmus Darwin]
Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802)
  
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TO THE AUTHOR OF THE POEM ON THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS.
  
TO Dr. DARWIN.
  
TO Dr. DARWIN.
  
TO Dr. DARWIN.
  
Address to the River Derwent, on whose Banks the Author of the Botanic Garden resides.
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THE BOTANIC GARDEN.
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PART I. CONTAINING THE ECONOMY OF VEGETATION
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PART II. CONTAINING THE LOVES OF THE PLANTS

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“Nymphs! on that day Ye shed from lucid eyes,
Celestial tears, and breathed ethereal sighs!
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When Richman rear'd, by fearless haste betray'd,
The wiry rod in Nieva's fatal shade;—
Clouds o'er the Sage with fringed skirts succeed,
Flash follows flash, the warning corks recede;
Near and more near He eye'd with fond amaze
The silver streams, and watch'd the saphire blaze;
Then burst the steel, the dart electric sped,
And the bold Sage lay number'd with the dead!
Nymphs! on that day Ye shed from lucid eyes
Celestial tears, and breathed ethereal sighs!
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