"When Air's pure essence joins the vital flood, / And with phosphoric Acid dyes the blood, / Your Virgin trains the transient Heat dispart, / And lead the soft combustion round the heart; / Life's holy lamp with fires successive feed"
The Botanic Garden, a Poem. In Two Parts
At least 13 entries in the ESTC (1789, 1790, 1791, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796, 1798, 1799).<br>
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Text from <u>The Botanic Garden, a Poem. In Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation, Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes.</u> 4th ed. (London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1799).
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See <u>The Botanic Garden, Part II. Containing the Loves of the Plants, a Poem. With Philosophical Notes. Volume the Second. (Lichfield : printed by J. Jackson. Sold by J. Johnson, St. Paul’s Church Yard, London: M,DCC,LXXXIX. (entered at Stationers Hall.), [1789]). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T82159">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;