This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1798 edition. Excerpt: ...Before shearing the sheep undergo the operation of washing, in order to free the the wool from the foulness which it has contracted. Of a clear river, gently drive the slock, And plunge them one by one into the flood: Plung'd in the flood, not long the struggles finks, With his white flakes, that glisten thro' ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1798 edition. Excerpt: ...Before shearing the sheep undergo the operation of washing, in order to free the the wool from the foulness which it has contracted. Of a clear river, gently drive the slock, And plunge them one by one into the flood: Plung'd in the flood, not long the struggles finks, With his white flakes, that glisten thro' the tide; The sturdy rustic, in the middle wave, Awaits to seize him rising; one arm bears His lifted head above the limpid stream "While the full clammy fleece the other laves Around, laborious, with repeated toil; And then resigns him to the funny bank, Where, bleating loud, he shakes his dripping locks. Dyer, The shearing itself is conducted with a degree of ceremony and rural dignity, being a festival, as well as a piece of labour. At last, of snowy white, the gathered flocks Are in the wattled pen innumerous press'd, Head above head: and, rang'd in lusty rows The shepherds sit, and whet the sounding fliears. The housewife waits to roll her fleecy stores, With all her gay.drest maids attending round. One, chief, in gracious dignity enthron'd, Shines o'er.the rest, the pastoral queen, and rays Her smiles, sweet-beaming, on her shepherd-king. F A simple A simple scene yet hence Britan-sjIa sees Her solid grandeur rise: hence she commands Th' exalted stores of every brighter clime, The treasures of the' fan without his rage. Thomson. A profusion of fragrance now ariseg from the fields of clover in blossom. Of this plant there are the varieties of white and purple; the latter of which is sometimes called honeysuckle, from the quantity of sweet juice contained in the 'tube of the flower, whence the bees extract' much honey. A still more exquisite odour proceeds from the beans in blossom, of which Thomson speaks in this rapturous...
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