...this I lead ! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into...that ocean, where each kind Does straight its own resembance find ; Yet it creates, transcending these. Far other worlds, and other seas, Annihilating...

...in awkwardly, I hope, in a talk of fountains and sun-dials. He is speaking of sweet garden scenes : Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnared with flowers,...where each kind Does straight its own resemblance fmd ; Yet it creates, transcending these, Far other worlds and other seas; Annihilating all that's...

...nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach : Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass : Meanwhile the mind,...where each kind Does straight its own resemblance tind ; Yet it creates, transcending these, Far other worlds and other seas ; Annihilating all that...

...this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head. The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine. The nectarine, and curious peach, Into...themselves do reach. Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with flow'rs, I fall on grass. Mean while the mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its...

...I lead 1 Ripe apples drop about my head ; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine ; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach. 1 MARVELL, NINTH EDITION, REVISED. NEW YORK: JOHN WILEY, 1 GP PUTNAM, 161 BROADWAY. 155 BROADWAY. 1849....

...themselves do reach; Stumbling on Melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with Flow'rs, I fall on Grass. Mean while the Mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into its happiness: The Mind, that Ocean where each kind Does streight its own resemblance find; Yet it creates, transcending these, Far other Worlds, and other...

...drop about my head; The Luscious Clusters of the Vine Upon my Mouth do crush their Wine; The Nectaren, and curious Peach, Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on Melons, as I pass, Insnar'd with Flow'rs, I fall on Grass. (33-40) Baldwin's rich world of metaphor is simultaneously...

...this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine, and curious peach, Into...themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, 40 Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. 6 Meanwhile the mind, from pleasures less, Withdraws into...

...The Garden': Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach, Into...themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass." The element of threat in the more secular poem would be out...

...about my head; 35 The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarene, and curious peach, Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, 40 Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass. Mean while the Mind, from pleasure less, Withdraws into...