...soft creation slept away their time. The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plough, And unprovoked, did fruitful stores allow : Content with food, which nature freely bred, On wildings and on ftrawberries they fed ; Cornels and bramble-berries gave the rest, And falling acorns furnished out...

...and crime, 130 The soft creation slept away their time. The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plow, And unprovok'd, did fruitful stores allow: Content...wildings and on strawberries they fed; Cornels and bramble berries gave the rest, i And falling acorns furnish'd out a feast. The flow'rs, unsown, in...

...soft creation slept away their time. The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plough. And unprovoked, did fruitful stores allow : Content with food which...freely bred. On wildings and on strawberries they led ; Cornels and bramble-berries gave the rest, And falling acorns famished out a feast The flowers,...

...safe; for conscience was their guard. "The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plough, And unprovoked, did fruitful stores allow: Content with food which...strawberries they fed; Cornels and bramble-berries gave the rest, And falling acorns furnished out a feast. "The nerves that joined their limbs were firm and strong;...

...but void of care and crime, The soft creation slept away their time. The teeming Earth, yet guiltless of the plough, And unprovok'd, did fruitful stores...strawberries they fed; Cornels and bramble-berries gave the rest, And falling acorns furnish'd out a feast. The flow'rs unsown, in fields and meadows reign'd:...

...more beautifully describe'd by Ovid: "The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plough, And unprovoke'd, did fruitful stores allow; Content with food, which Nature freely bred, On wildings and on strawberrys they fed; Cornels and bramble-berrys gave the rest. And falling acorns furnish'd out a...

...but void of Care and Crime, The soft Creation slept away their time. The teeming Earth, yet guiltless of the Plough, And unprovok'd, did fruitful stores...Strawberries they fed; Cornels and Bramble-berries gave the rest, And falling Acorns furnish't out a Feast. The Flow'rs unsown, in Fields and Meadows reign'd:...

...soft creation slept away their time. The teeming earth, yet guiltless of the plough,0 And unprovoked, did fruitful stores allow: Content with food, which...strawberries they fed; Cornels and bramble-berries gave the rest, And falling acorns furnished out a feast. The flowers, unsown, in fields and meadows reigned;...

...description of the Golden Age from his epic Metamorphoses of 9 AD: "The teeming Earth, yet guiltless of the plough, And unprovok'd, did fruitful stores...freely bred, On wildings and on strawberries they fed . . ." The ancient Romans believed wild strawberries could cure everything from bouts of fainting,...

...name, but some of the Abronias belonging to the same order are much handsomer. 288 OSIERS OR DOGWOOD Content with food, which nature freely bred, On wildings and on strawberries they fed; Cornels and bramble berries gave the rest, And falling acorns furnished out a feast. JOHN DRYDEN Botanical names:...