The Poetical Works of Anna Seward With Extracts from her Literary Correspondence. Edited by Walter Scott ... In Three Volumes |
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To his border's guardian powerWhen he spreads the vernal feast,
Then bleeds the kid, in lucky hour,
From the hungry wolf releas'd;
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The crisp salubrious herbage of the green;
And, from loaded boughs descending,
Unctuous olives richly blending;
These form the dainties of his festal day,
When every heart expands, and every face is gay.
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Circled by a jocund train,With joy the new-shorn flock he hears
Come bleating homeward o'er the russet plain;
While slow, with languid neck, the weary steers
The inverted ploughshare drag along,
Mindless of the shepherd's song;
Then, round his smiling Household-Gods, surveys
A numerous, menial group, the proof of prosperous days.
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