The stable yields a stercoraceous heap,
Impregnated with quick fermenting salts,
And potent to resist the freezing blast;
For, ere the beech and elm have cast their leaf,
Deciduous, when now November dark
Checks vegetation in the torpid plant,
Expos’d to his cold breath, the task begins.
Warily therefore, and with prudent heed
He seeks a favour’d spot; that where he builds
Th’ agglomerated pile his frame may front