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F signs celestial, and the cultur'd plain,

Thus far; next, Bacchus! to thy praise the strain

Is due; trees too, and shrubs I'll sing with thee,

And the slow-rising olive's progeny.

Lenæan Sire, be present to my lays!

Where-e'er we turn, the scene thy gifts displays:

For thee, with Autumn laden, swells the vine;

And the full vintage froths with floods of wine.

Come, Sire Lenæan! nor with me disdain

Thy legs unbuskin'd in new must to stain.

First, in creating trees attentive know

How Nature varies; some spontaneous grow, Un-