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Show ( II8 ] So by Sca1nander when LAocooN flood, 3 35 Where Troy's proud turrets glitter' d in the flood, Raifed high his arm, and with prophetic call To :fhrinking realms announced her fated fall ; Whirl' d his fierce fpear with more than mortal force, And pierced the thick ribs of the echoing horfe ; 3 40 Two Serpent-fonns incumbent on the main, La{hina the white waves with redundant train, b Arch' d their blue necks, and fhook their towering crefts, And plough' d their foamy way with fj_Jeckled brcafl:s ; Then, d~rting berce an1id the affrighted throngs, 345 Roll' d their red eyes, and fhot their forked tongues.-- Two daring youths to guard the hoary_ fire, Thwart their dread progrefs, and provoke their ire. t.ion, it makes another revolution; and fo on till it wraps itfelf quite up like a corkfcrew ; hence, to a carelefs obferver, it appe:us to move gradually backwards and for wards, being feen fometimes poi nting ea(hvard and fomet imes weflwa rd. One of ~he I ndian grafTes, Panicum arborefccng, \\ hc,[c Hem is no thicker than a goofe-qudl, nfes as high as the talklt trees in this contdt for light and air . . Spec. Plant a Reichard, Vol. I. p. 1 6 1. The tops of m:.!ny climbing pbnts are tender from thei r quick growth; and, when deprived of tht.i r acrimony by boiling, are an agreeable :uucle of foo~l. The llop-tops are in common ufe. I have eaten the tops of white llryony, Bry<111Ia alba, and found them nea rly as grateful as .t\fparagus, and think this pLmt might be profltab ly cult ivated as an early garden- vegetab le. The T amus (called black Bryony), was lefs agreeable to the tafl:e when boiled. See Galanthus. [ 119 ] Round fire and fans the fcaly monfl:ers roll' d, Ring above ring, in many a tangled fold, 350 Clofe and more clofe their writhing limbs furround, And fix with foamy teeth the envenom' d wound. -With brow upturn' d to he.aven the holy Sage In filent agony fufl:ains their rage ; While each fond Youth, in vain, with piercing cries 355 Bends on the tortured Sire his dying eyes. " Drink deep, fweet youths," fcduetive VrTrs cries, The maudlin tcar-trop glittering in her eyes ; Green leaves and purple cluficrs crown her head, And the tall Thyrfus flays her tottering tread. 3 6o f/itis. ]. 357· Vine. Five males, one female. The ju ic~ of the ripe grap~ is a nutritive and agreeable food, confifl:ing chiefly of fu gar and mucilage. The chemtcal pt:ocefs of fermentation converts this fugar into fpirit; converts food into poifon! And 1t h~s thus become the curfe of the Chrifl:ian world, producing more than half of our chrorucal difeafes; which Mahomet obferved, and forbade the ufe of it to his difcipl:s· T~e Arabians invented difl:illation; and thus by obtaining the fpirit of fermented liquors tn a Jefs diluted fl.ate, added to its defl:ruB:ive quality. A Theory of the Diabretes and Dropfy, produced by drinking fermented or fpirituous liq_uors, is explained !n a Tn!atife on the inverted motions of the lymphatic fyfl:ern, publ1ilied by Dr. Darww. Cadel. |