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THE
GARDENS
OF
ALCINOUS.
From the Seventh Book of
HOMER's ODYSSES.
lose to the gates a spacious garden lies,From storms defended, and inclement skies: Four acres was th' allotted space of ground, Fenc'd with a green enclosure all around. Tall thriving trees confess'd the fruitful mold; The red'ning apple ripens here to gold,Here