Excerpt from Flora Historica, Vol. 2 of 2: Or the Three Seasons of the British Parterre Historically and Botanically Treated; With Observations on Planting, to Secure a Regular Succession of Flowers From the Commencement of Spring to the End of Autumn
In all the liveries deck'd of Summer's pride.
Milton.
When golden morn's refulgent rays
Give lustre to the dewy vale,
Whilst June its rosy bloom displays,
And Eglantine perfumes the gale;
With shepherds on the thymy down
I love to pass the Summer's day,
Or trace (and mark the Privet blown)
The shady thicket's winding way.
Williams.
Child of the Sun, refulgent Summer, comes
In pride of youth, and felt thro' Nature's depth :
He comes attended by the sultry Hours,
And ever-fanning breezes, on his way;
While from his ardent look the turning Spring
Averts her blushing face, and earth and skies,
All-smiling, to his hot dominion leaves.
Thomson.
Vegetation now throws off her delicate morning veil, and dresses in all the magnificence of the noontide season, that Flora may present her splendid court in its fullest attractions to the bright God of Day.
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