"Before thee stands this fair Hesperides, With golden fruit, but dangerous to be touched."

"The kindly fruits of the earth."

"Here mulberries bleed; the grape’s lithe cluster bends; And blue the rush-bound cucumber depends."

"Whig and whey whilst thou lust, And bramble-berries, Pie-lid and pastry-crust, Pears, plums, and cherries."

"The barberry and currant must escape Though her small clusters imitate the grape."

"Nothing great is produced suddenly, since not even the grape or the fig is. If you say to me now that you want a fig,…"

"Plant Trees you may, and see them shoot Up with your Children, to be serv’d To your clean Boards, and the fair’st Fru…"

"Eve, with her basket, was Deep in the bells and grass Wading in bells and grass Up to her knees, Picking a dish of sw…"

"Silver-pink peach, venetian green glass of medlars and sorb-apples."

"The ripest fruit first falls."