The Rural Poetry of the English Language
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| Stand: | 2015-08-04 03:50:33 |
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Excerpt from The Rural Poetry of the English Language: Illustrating the Months and Seasons of the Year Unbinding earth, the moving softness strays. Joyous, the impatient husbandman perceives Relenting Nature, and his lusty steers Drives from their stalls, to where the well-used plough Lies in the furrow, loosened from the frost. There, unrefusing, to the harnessed yoke They lend their shoulder, and begin their toil, Cheered by the simple song and soaring lark. Meanwhile incumbent o´er the shining share The master leans, removes the obstructing clay, Winds the whole work, and sidelong lays the glebe. While through the neighboring fields the sower stalks With measured step, and, liberal, throws the grain Into the faithful bosom of the ground: The harrow follows harsh, and shuts the scene. Invocation To The Powers Of Nature.- Farming A Subject Worthy Of The Poet; Virgil; Dignity Of Agriculture.- Britons Should Bless Mankind By Ploughing The Land As Well As The Sea. Be gracious, Heaven! for now laborious man Has done his part. Ye fostering breezes, blow! Ye softening dews, ye tender showers, descend! And temper all, thou world-reviving sun, Into the perfect year! Nor ye who live In luxury and ease, in pomp and pride, Think these lost themes unworthy of your ear: Such themes as these the rural Maro sung To wide-imperial Rome, in the full height Of elegance and taste, by Greece refined. In ancient times the sacred plough employed The kings and awful fathers of mankind; And some, with whom compared your insect-tribes Are but the beings of a summer´s day, Have held the scale of empire, ruled the storm Of mighty war; then, with unwearied hand, Disdaining little delicacies, seized The plough, and greatly independent lived. Ye generous Britons, venerate the plough! And o´er your hills, and long withdrawing vales, Let Autumn spread his treasures to the sun, Luxuriant and unbounded. As the sea, Far through his azure, turbulent domain, Your empire owns, and from a thousand shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports, So with superior boon may your rich soil, Exuberant, Natures better blessings pour O´er every land, the naked nations clothe, And be the exhaustless granary of a world! Verdure Revived.- Hawthorn Blossoms; buds; Leaves; Deer.- The Garden In Bloom. Nor only through the lenient air this change, Delicious, breathes; the penetrative sun, His force deep-darting to the dark retreat Of vegetation, sets the steaming power At large, to wander o´er the verdant earth, In various hues; but chiefly thee, gay green! Thou smiling Natures universal robe! United light and shade! where the sight dwells With growing strength, and ever-new delight. From the moist meadow to the withered hill, Led by the breeze, the vivid verdure runs, And swells, and deepens, to the cherished eye. The hawthorn whitens; and the juicy groves Put forth their buds, unfolding by degrees, Till the whole leafy forest stands displayed, In full luxuriance, to the sighing gales; Where the deer rustle through the twining brake, And the birds sing concealed. At once arrayed In all the colors of the flushing year, By Nature´s swift and secret-working hand, The garden glows, and fills the liberal air With lavish fragrance; while the promised fruit Lies yet a little embryo, unperceived,
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