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. πόταγ ̕ ὦ ̕γαθέ· τὰν γὰρ ἀοιδὰν / Οὕτι πα εἰς Αΐδάν γε τὸν ἐκλελάθοντα φυλαξεῖς. / - Theocritus, Id. I. 63.
As sickly plants betray a niggard earth, / Whose barren bosom starves her generous birth, / Nor genial warmth, nor genial juice retains / Their roots to feed, and fill their verdant veins; / And as in climes, where Winter holds his reign, / The soil, though fertile, will not teem in vain, / Forbids her gems to swell, her shades to rise, / Nor trusts her blossoms to the churlish skies, / So draw mankind in vain the vital airs, / Unformed, unfriended, by those kindly cares, / That health and vigour to the soul impart, / Spread the young thought, and warm the opening heart.