Pretty Lessons in Verse for Good Children; with Some Lessons in Latin, in Easy Rhyme. By Sara Coleridge. The Fourth Edition, with Many Cuts |
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THE WINDS, and WHERE THEY COME FROM.
The North is called Septentrĭo,
And thence the northern wind doth blow;
And Boreas the north wind's name is,
A keen and boist rous blast the same is.
And thence the northern wind doth blow;
And Boreas the north wind's name is,
A keen and boist rous blast the same is.
The South is called Meridies,
And thence comes many a humid breeze;
And Auster is the south wind's name;
Much rain doth oft come with the same.
And thence comes many a humid breeze;
And Auster is the south wind's name;
Much rain doth oft come with the same.
And Oriens doth mean the East,
Whence blows the gale we love the least;
And Eurus is the east wind's name;
Injurious blights come with the same.
Whence blows the gale we love the least;
And Eurus is the east wind's name;
Injurious blights come with the same.
And Occĭdens doth mean the West,
Whence breathes the wind we love the best;
And Zephyrus the west wind's name is,
A soft and gentle breeze the same is.
Whence breathes the wind we love the best;
And Zephyrus the west wind's name is,
A soft and gentle breeze the same is.
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