“Still taxing Nature with those faults,

“Sprung from his evil lust.

XI.

“The poison’d Snake, the noxious Weed,

“Earth’s venom’d juices drain;

“And, more than all yon’ fragrant flow’rs,

“Enrich with health the plain.

XII.

“Nay of my race grows many a plant,

“Which, of rich gifts possest,