There Seeds of Science carefully they ſow,
Here cultivate the Soil, to make 'em grow,
Plant, Prune, Inocculate, the Seaſons tend,
And ev'ry fruitful Scyon to its Stock they bend.
See here how ev'ry Plant in order thrives,
And ſpight of Clime the tend'reſt Bloſſom lives.
Here Epicks thick, as Groves of Laurel grow,
And ſtrong Heroicks, plac'd in Walks below,
Lyricks and Paſtorals in even Layes,
And Panygericks circled round with Bays,
There Knowledge grows, for Quantity and Kind,
The beſt, and beſt prepar'd t' inſtruct the Mind,
Temper'd with Modeſty, 'tis ſet by [1] Zeal
Fitted her raſh Infections to repell.
Next this in conſtant Bloom's a Range of Wit,
And ev'ry day 'tis weeded of Conceit,
Kept thin, intrench'd, and never runs to ſeed,
But ripens gently in its flowry Bed;
For Wit's a Plant ſo apt to grow in haſte,
It ſhakes the Root, and then decays as faſt.
- ↑ Set by Zeal. Alluding to the Custom of Planting Rue and Sage together, which whether it be a vulgar Error or no, is, that the Rue is supposed to be effectual to keep Toads, and Venemous Creatures from the Sage.
