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 VINE. |
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THE VINE.
Vitis means the clasping vine,
Palmes means a twig or shoot;
Grapes which make the rosy wine
Are the vine's delicious fruit.
Palmes means a twig or shoot;
Grapes which make the rosy wine
Are the vine's delicious fruit.
Vinea's the pleasant vineyard,
And propāgo means a layer;
Vinitor's the cultivator,
He who rears the plants with care.
And propāgo means a layer;
Vinitor's the cultivator,
He who rears the plants with care.
There's another name for vineyards,
'Tis vinētum you must know;
Vinea and eke vinetum
Mean the place where vine-plants grow.
'Tis vinētum you must know;
Vinea and eke vinetum
Mean the place where vine-plants grow.
Uva means a bunch of grapes,
Grieved would all be to resign 'em;
But the sparkling wine they make,
Has the Latin name of vinum.
Grieved would all be to resign 'em;
But the sparkling wine they make,
Has the Latin name of vinum.
Tendrils are capreŏli,
And racēmus means a cluster;
Some are purple, some are green,
Lovely both in form and lustre.
And racēmus means a cluster;
Some are purple, some are green,
Lovely both in form and lustre.
Prelum is the squeezing press,
Where the grape's rich blood is gushing;
Pampĭnus a leaf or vine-branch,
Whereupon the grapes are blushing.
Where the grape's rich blood is gushing;
Pampĭnus a leaf or vine-branch,
Whereupon the grapes are blushing.
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Acĭnus a grape-stone means—
Once it stopped a poet's breath;
But the grape's inflaming juice
Causes many a proser's death.
Once it stopped a poet's breath;
But the grape's inflaming juice
Causes many a proser's death.
Some will tell you that vinaceum
Means a single grape or berry:
All agree that good grape wine
Is the drink to make one merry.
Means a single grape or berry:
All agree that good grape wine
Is the drink to make one merry.
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