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 Olives, fresh gather'd from the tree; Mallows, the frame from heaviness to free ; A kid snatch'd from the wolf, a lamb To Terminus with due devotion slain;

Such is the meal, his labor o'er; No bird from distant climes I'd relish more. Meanwhile how pleasant to behold His sheep well fed, and hasting to their fold;

To see his wearied oxen bow Their languid necks, and drag th' inverted plough; And then his num'rous slaves to view Round his domestic gods their mirth pursue.