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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Sheep.
First, I direct, that in warm Huts the Sheep
Be fodder'd till the leafy Spring returns:
And that the frosty Ground with Fern, or Straw,
Be litter'd underneath them: Lest the Ice
Should hurt the tender Cattle, and induce
The foul contagious Scab, or cramp their Limbs.
Be fodder'd till the leafy Spring returns:
And that the frosty Ground with Fern, or Straw,
Be litter'd underneath them: Lest the Ice
Should hurt the tender Cattle, and induce
The foul contagious Scab, or cramp their Limbs.
But when gay Spring returns, and Zephyrs breathe
Inviting: To the Lawns and Pastures send
Both Goats and Sheep: When Venus first appears,
On the cool Herbage let them feed: while fresh
The Morning rises, while the Meads are grey,
And most the Cattle on the tender Grass
Enjoy the Dew.—
If Wool be thy Delight, from prickly Brakes,
And Burs, and Thistles, be thy Flocks remov'd:
Rich Pastures shun: soft, Snow-white Fleeces chuse.
The Ram, tho' white himself, if underneath
His humid Palate ev'n his Tongue be black,
Discard, (lest He with sable Spots infect
The new-born Lambs, discolouring the Race,)
And seek another o'er the well-stock'd Field.—
Inviting: To the Lawns and Pastures send
Both Goats and Sheep: When Venus first appears,
On the cool Herbage let them feed: while fresh
The Morning rises, while the Meads are grey,
And most the Cattle on the tender Grass
Enjoy the Dew.—
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And Burs, and Thistles, be thy Flocks remov'd:
Rich Pastures shun: soft, Snow-white Fleeces chuse.
The Ram, tho' white himself, if underneath
His humid Palate ev'n his Tongue be black,
Discard, (lest He with sable Spots infect
The new-born Lambs, discolouring the Race,)
And seek another o'er the well-stock'd Field.—
—The foul contagious Scab
Seizes the Sheep, when far into their Flesh
The Cold of Rain, or Winter's hoary Frost
Has sunk: Or to their new-shorn Sides the Sweat
Adheres, unwash'd away: Or prickly Briers
Their Bodies wound.—
Seizes the Sheep, when far into their Flesh
The Cold of Rain, or Winter's hoary Frost
Has sunk: Or to their new-shorn Sides the Sweat
Adheres, unwash'd away: Or prickly Briers
Their Bodies wound.—
Whatever Sheep thou feest to Shades retire
More frequent; or more negligently chew
The topmost Grass: or loiter in the Rear:
Or, feeding, on the Field lie down: or late,
And lonely, with the Close of Eve, return:
Delay not, kill th' Infected: e'er thro' all
Th' unwary Flock the dire Contagion spread.—
More frequent; or more negligently chew
The topmost Grass: or loiter in the Rear:
Or, feeding, on the Field lie down: or late,
And lonely, with the Close of Eve, return:
Delay not, kill th' Infected: e'er thro' all
Th' unwary Flock the dire Contagion spread.—
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