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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Earth.
See Golden Age. Creation.
Herbage at first, the Earth when young produc'd,
Of ev'ry Kind; and round the Hills display'd
A beauteous Verdure: then the grassy Fields
All o'er with various Flow'rs enamel'd shone.
Trees, next, their Branches shoot into the Air,
Uprising gradual, while the Roots in Earth
Extend and fix:—As Feathers first, and Hair,
On Birds and Beasts, so on the new form'd Earth,
At first, grew Herbs and Trees: by various Ways,
Brutes, and Mankind, were afterwards produc'd.—
Of ev'ry Kind; and round the Hills display'd
A beauteous Verdure: then the grassy Fields
All o'er with various Flow'rs enamel'd shone.
Trees, next, their Branches shoot into the Air,
Uprising gradual, while the Roots in Earth
Extend and fix:—As Feathers first, and Hair,
On Birds and Beasts, so on the new form'd Earth,
At first, grew Herbs and Trees: by various Ways,
Brutes, and Mankind, were afterwards produc'd.—
Corn, of its own Accord, and cordial Wine,
The Earth brought forth; and such delicious Fruits,
And Food, abundant, both for Man and Beast,
As now, with all our Toil, it scarce supplies.—
The Earth brought forth; and such delicious Fruits,
And Food, abundant, both for Man and Beast,
As now, with all our Toil, it scarce supplies.—
The Earth, when new, produc'd no raging Cold,
Nor Heats, nor Storms: these grew as she grew old:
Therefore our Parent Earth deserves to bear
The Name of Mother, since all rose from her.
The Human Race, a certain Time, she bore,
And Beasts that shake the Woods with dreadful Roar,
And Birds of various Forms that wing the Air.—
Nor Heats, nor Storms: these grew as she grew old:
Therefore our Parent Earth deserves to bear
The Name of Mother, since all rose from her.
The Human Race, a certain Time, she bore,
And Beasts that shake the Woods with dreadful Roar,
And Birds of various Forms that wing the Air.—
—The Earth
Lowest of all, and in the Center lies:
Fixt by its Place: for from it, rising higher,
Upwards the other Elements retire.
It hangs the lowest, and the midst of all,
Whence, all its Parts by falling, stop its Fall:
All to one common Center pressing down,
They meet, and hinder each from moving on.—
Lowest of all, and in the Center lies:
Fixt by its Place: for from it, rising higher,
Upwards the other Elements retire.
It hangs the lowest, and the midst of all,
Whence, all its Parts by falling, stop its Fall:
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They meet, and hinder each from moving on.—
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