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Show r rs4 J Drctgg' d down to earth, the Warrior's viCl:or-hands Prefs' d his .deep dewlap on the imprinted fands; Then with quick bound his bendcd knee he :fix' d High on his neck, the branching horns betwixt, Strain' d his :fhong arn1s, his :linewy fhoulclers bent, Ar d from his curled brow the twified terror rent. -Pleafed Fawns and Nymphs with dancing fiep applaud, And hang their chaplets round the refiing God; Link their foft hands, and r~ar with paufing toil 525 The golden trophy on the furrow' d foil ; Fill with ripe fruits, with wreathed flowers adorn ' And give to PLENTY her prolific horn. XIV. ''On Spring's fair lip, CERULEAN SrsTERs! pour Frotn airy urns the fun-illumin' d fhower ' 530 Feed with the dulcet drops my tender broods, Mellifluous flowers, and aromatic buds . ' liang froln 'each bending grafs and horrent thorn The trcn1ulous .or ea1·], t11at g 11· tters to t 11 e morn ,. Draz.f'd down to earth. I. 51 7· Defcribed froll\ an antique gem. [ 1 SS J Or where cold dews their fecret channels lave, 535 And Earth's dark chambers hide the fiagnant wave, Oh pierce, YE NYMPHS ! her Inarble veins, and lcacl Her gu!hing fountains to the thirfiy mead ; Wide o'er the fhining vales, and trickling hills Spread the bright treafure in a thoufand rills. So. !halltny peopled realn1s of Leaf and Flower Exult, inebriate with the genial iliower; Spread the hright treafure. I. 540. The practice of flooding lands long in ufc in China has been but btely introduced into this country. Bdides the fupplying water to the herbage in dryer feafons, it feems to defend it from froft in the early part of the year, and thus doubly advances the vegetation. The '.Vaters which rife from fp rings palling through marl or limeftone are replete with calcareous earth , and when th rownover moralfes they depofit this earth and inc ruft or confolidate the morafs. This kind of earth is depofited in great quantity from the fprings at Matlock bath, and fupplies the [oft porous limeftone of which the houfcs and walls are there conflrutled; .and has formed the whole bank for near a mile on that fide of the D erwent on whtch they fiand. The water of many fprings contains much azotic gao, or phlogiflic air, bdides cn r-bonic gas, or fixed air, as that of Buxton and Bath; t h!s being fet at liberty may m?re readily contribute to the produtlion of ni tre by mc.tns ot the pt~ t refcent matters whtch it is expofctl to by being fpread upon the furfacc of the land; 111 the famc.man.ner. as frequ ently turning over heaps of manure facilitates the n~trous proccfs b~ tmpnfmung atmofpheric air in the inter!l:ices of the putrcfccnt matenals. \-V::ttc.r ::tnfing by l.tndfloods brings along with it much of the moll: foluble p::trts of the manu~c from .the higher lands to the lower ones. Ri~·er-water in its clea~ fiate and thofc fpnngs ~vhtc~ are c::tllcd foft are lefs beneficial for the pmpofc of w::ttenng bods, as they c~nt:un .let · earthy or [aline matter; and water from dilfolv ing fnow fro~ its flow foluttan br,J:lg~ but little earth along with it, as may be feen by the comp::tr::tt tve cle:uncfs of the, .... tCl of fnow-fioods. Xz |
