...command the door. Two rows of stately dogs on either hand In sculptured gold and laboured silver stand. Close to the gates a spacious garden lies, From storms defended and inclement skies. Four acres was the allotted space of ground, Fenced with a green enclosure all around. Tall thriving trees confessed...

...shall here present the Reader with a Translation of it. The Gardens ofAlcinous, from Homer's Odyss. 7. Close to the Gates a spacious Garden lies, From Storms...Ground, Fenc'd with a green Enclosure all around. Tall thriving Trees confest the fruitful Mold; The red'ning Apple ripens here to Gold, Here the blue...

...offers a translation of Homer's description of the Gardens of Alcinous from Book VII of the Odyssey: Four Acres was th' allotted Space of Ground, Fenc'd with a green Enclosure all around . . . The balmy Spirit of the Western Gale Eternal breathes on Fruits untaught to fail: Each dropping...

...from poetic descriptions of them. Here is Homer's description of one. It is found in the Odyssey : " Close to the gates a spacious garden lies, From storms defended and inclement skies; Four acres was the allotted space of ground, Fenced with a green inclosure all around. . Tall, thriving trees confess...