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Miscellanies.
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IX.
How well the skilful Gardner drew
Of flow'rs and herbes this Dial new;
Where from above the milder Sun
Does through a fragrant Zodiack run;
And, as it works, th' industrious Bee
Computes its time as well as we.
How could such sweet and wholsome Hours
Be reckon'd but with herbs and flow'rs!
How well the skilful Gardner drew
Of flow'rs and herbes this Dial new;
Where from above the milder Sun
Does through a fragrant Zodiack run;
And, as it works, th' industrious Bee
Computes its time as well as we.
How could such sweet and wholsome Hours
Be reckon'd but with herbs and flow'rs!
Hortus.
Quisnam adeo, mortale genus, præcordia versat?
Heu Palmæ, Laurique furor, vel simplieis Herbæ!
Arbor ut indomitos ornet vix una labores;
Tempora nec foliis præcingat tota malignis.
Dum simul implexi, tranquillæ ad serta Quiætis,
Omnigeni coeunt Flores, integraque Sylva.
Alma Quies, teneo te! & te Germana Quietis
Simplicitas! Vos ergo diu per Templa, per urbes,
Quæsivi, Regum per que alta Palatia frustra.
Sed vos Hotrorum per opaca silentia longe
Celarant Plantæ virides, & concolor Umbra.
O! mihi si vestros liceat violasse recessus.
Erranti, lasso, & vitæ melioris anhelo,
Municipem servate novum, votoque potitum,
Frondosæ Cives optate in florea Regna.
Me quoque, vos Musæ, &, te conscie testor Apollo,
Non Armenta juvant hominum, Circique boatus,
Mugitusve Fori; sed me Penetralia veris,
Horroresque trahunt muti, & Consortia sola.
Virgineæ quem non suspendit Gratia formæ?
Quam candore Nives vincentum, Ostrumque rubore,
Vestra tamen viridis superet (me judice) Virtus.
Nec foliis certare Comæ, nec Brachia ramis,
Heu Palmæ, Laurique furor, vel simplieis Herbæ!
Arbor ut indomitos ornet vix una labores;
Tempora nec foliis præcingat tota malignis.
Dum simul implexi, tranquillæ ad serta Quiætis,
Omnigeni coeunt Flores, integraque Sylva.
Alma Quies, teneo te! & te Germana Quietis
Simplicitas! Vos ergo diu per Templa, per urbes,
Quæsivi, Regum per que alta Palatia frustra.
Sed vos Hotrorum per opaca silentia longe
Celarant Plantæ virides, & concolor Umbra.
O! mihi si vestros liceat violasse recessus.
Erranti, lasso, & vitæ melioris anhelo,
Municipem servate novum, votoque potitum,
Frondosæ Cives optate in florea Regna.
Me quoque, vos Musæ, &, te conscie testor Apollo,
Non Armenta juvant hominum, Circique boatus,
Mugitusve Fori; sed me Penetralia veris,
Horroresque trahunt muti, & Consortia sola.
Virgineæ quem non suspendit Gratia formæ?
Quam candore Nives vincentum, Ostrumque rubore,
Vestra tamen viridis superet (me judice) Virtus.
Nec foliis certare Comæ, nec Brachia ramis,
Nec