170 An fie Bj'odji reefs Woi'ks.
For though the froft hath loft his binding power.
Yet many a fleece of Ihow and ftormy fliower
Doth darken So/^s bright eye," makes us remember
The pinching North-wefl; wind of cold" December.
My fecond moneth is April., green and fair,
Of longer dayes, and a more temperate Air:
The Sun in Tanrtis keeps his relidence,
And with his warmer beams glanceth from thence
This is the month whofe fruitful fliowrs produces
All fet and fown' for all delights and ufes:
The Pear, the Plum, and Apple-tree now flourifli
The grafs grows long the hungry beaft'^ to nourifh.
The Primrofe pale, and azure violet
Among the virduous grafs hath nature fet,
That when the Sun on's Love (the earth) doth fliine
Thefe might as lace fet out her garment fine.
The fearfull bird his little houfe now builds ' [61 j
In trees and walls, in Cities and in fields.
The outfide ftrong, the infide warm and neat;
A natural Ai'tificer compleat.
" face. « Nor-weft cold, of fierce.
The Sun now keeps his porting refidence
In Taurus Signe, yet hafteth ftraight from thence ;
For though in's running progreffe he doth take
Twelve houfes of the oblique Zodiack
Yet never minute ftil was known to ftand.
But only once at JoJJiua's ftrange command ; t All Plants, and Flowers. d the tender Lamb'^.
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