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56 Of sickly Plants; new Vigor hence convey'd Will yield an Harvest of unusual Growth. Such Profit springs from Husks discreetly us'd!


 * The tender Apples, from their Parents rent

By stormy Shocks, must not neglected lye, The Prey of Worms: A frugal Man I knew, Rich in one barren Acre, which, subdu'd By endless Culture, with sufficient Must His Casks replenisht yearly: He no more Desir'd, nor wanted, diligent to learn The various Seasons, and by Skill repell Invading Pests, successful in his Cares, 'Till the damp Lybian Wind, with Tempests arm'd Outrageous, bluster'd horrible amidst His Cyder-Grove: O'er-turn'd by furious Blasts, The sightly Ranks fall prostrate, and around Their Fruitage scatter'd, from the genial Boughs Rh