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Alike, unlefs the Mufe propitious ﬁnile,

Vain is the Platnter’s, vain the Poet’s Toil.

All great, all perfeéh Works from Gmim How,

The Brita/h Iliad hence, and hence the Groves of Stowe.

‘* To guardian Planck”: the firfl Strains belong,

(And may th’ aufpicious Omen hlels the Song)

To Phwbzzt, and th attendant Vi1gin Train,

That o’er each Verfe, each learned Science reign?
And round embellilhing the gay Parterre,
'Unite their facred Inﬂuences here.

Here Congrew, welcome Gueﬂ‘, oft chear d the Days,
With friendly Converf'e, o1 poetickLays

Here Lyttelton oft fpreads his growing Wing,
Delighted in thefe Shades to rave and ﬁng.

And Thou, where Thames impels his ﬁlver Flood,
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Each tuneful Goddefs ﬂu‘ou-ds her Form divine;
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Here too for ever bloom * th’ 1401111112 Bays,
Ordain’d the Meed of tuneful Poets Lays.

In feemly Order they on either Hand,

Alternate in the verdant Arches {land :

Alternate glitt’ring with the gilded Vale,

On either Hand the verdant Arches blaze;

Here, odorous Flowers perfume the vital Gale,

:5; And there Hefperz’an Oranges exhale.
Tranfported hence the Summer» hearth they grace,
And thine, colle&ed in the C1111; vars;

Or on the Sunday’s conﬁmrated Morn,

Seleél: in NoiEgays the fair Breaﬁ adorn.

Lead thro’ the f Circle, Virgins, lead me on,
Where, guided by the {till-revolving Sun,
The faithful Dial counts the ﬂeeting Hour, ,
Lead to the Church’s venerable Tower:
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In the mid-Garden plac’d, its facred Head
Uprears, embofom’d in afpiring Shade: .
And Hell with Vertue, like that wond’rous Tree,

Confers on Mortals Immortality.

Hence thro’ the Windings of the mazy Wood
Defcending, lo! the Oéhzgon’s clear Flood,
And rullick Obelirlt's aerial Height,
Burl’t in one fudden View upon the Sight.
* Bataoian Poplars here in Ranks afcend;
Like fome high Temple’s arching Iﬂes extend,
The taper Trunks, a living Colonnade;
Eternal Murmur animates the Shade. L
Above, T two Dorick Ediﬁces grace
An elevated Platform’s utmofl Space;
From whence, beyond the Brook that creeps below,
Along yon beauteous Hill’s green Hoping Brow,
The Garden’s deﬁin’d Boundaries extend,
Where Cobbam’s pleaﬁng Toils, tho’ late, lhall ends
Beneath, th’ extended Lake’s capacious Bed, i
Receives the loud, przcipitate Cafcade ;
And tufted Groves along the verdant Side,

Call their deep Shadows o‘er the ﬁlver Tide ;
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The lilver Tide (where yonder high~rais’d Mound
Forms the wide~ﬂoating Lake’s extremelt Bound)

In fecret Channels thro’ the fwelling Hill,

Gives Force and Motion to th’ impullive Wheel ;
Whofe conﬂant Whirl, the fpouting jets fupplies,
And bids aloft th’ unwilling Waters rife.

 

Fair on the Brow, a fpacious Building (lands,
Th’ applauded Work of Kent’s judicious Hands:
The fpreading Wings in arched Circles bend,
And ruﬂick Domes each arched Circle end.
Thence back returning, thro’ the narrow Glade,
See, where the * Ruin lifts its monld’ring Head!
Within, clofe—fhelter’d from the peering Day,-
Satyrs and Fauns their wanton Frolicks play:
While fad Malberco in the fecret Cell,

Hears each rude Moni’terf ‘ ring his Matin’s Bell.’

Where yon high Firs difplay their darkf'ome Green,
‘ And mournful Yews compofe a folemn Scene,

Around thy Building, 6217175, 2% a facred Band

Of Princes, Patriots, Bards, and Sages ﬂand:
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Men, Whom); Merit purchas’d laﬁing Praiie,
Worthy each Brita?) Poet’s nobleﬂ Lays ;'

' Or bold in Arms fer Liberty they ﬂood,
And greatly pefiih’d for their Country’s Good :
Or‘nobly warm’d with more than morta} Fire;
Equal’d to Rama or Gweece the Brita/.5 Lyre;
0r Human Life by ufefui Arts reﬁn’d,
Acknbwlecig’d Benefaéiors of Mankind; '

Thou ﬁrﬁ Elizabeth Imperial Maid,
By free. born Subjeéks willingly Obey’d; ‘
Fee to the Tyranny of Spain and Rome,
Abroad. refpeéted, and belov’d at home.
Beneath the friendly Sheﬁcr of thy Throﬁe
Each Art of Peaee. with uﬁzful Luﬁre fhone 3
Induﬁrious Commerce courted every Gale,
Ami fpread in. diﬂant W orlds her fean’eﬁs SaiL
Eneoumg’d Scienee rear’d her laurelﬂ Head;
Ami ail the pleaﬁng Train of Mufes led.
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This with the richei’c Stores of Learning fraught;
That by indulgentNature only taught. :

All hail’ aufpicious Q1een, thy Praife {hall live
(If Worth like thine Eternity can give)

When no proud Bul’c th’ Imperial Wreath {hall bear,
And Brafs and Marble waf’ce to Duﬁ and Air.

0! that Iil (e Thee, fiicceeding Kings had ﬂrove,
To build their Empire on their Peeples Love!-
That taught by thy Example they had known,
That only Juf‘tice can fupport a Throne!

Then had not Britain wanted Hambdetz's Hand,
Weak and oppreﬂive Counﬂs‘ls to withﬂand ;
Nor had the Patriot, 0111 his native Plain,

Dy’d for the Laws he ﬂruggled to maintain
Behold his Buf’t with CiviCk Honours grac’d,
Neareﬁ' to thine, irninortal Afﬂﬂé'fl, ﬁlac’d,

To thi11e,great William, whofe proteéting 31101 1i,
That Liéert}, for which He fell, rel’tor’ d, '

Next Locke, who in Defente ofConf’ciet‘tce 301:2,
And ﬂrove religious Rancour to compof'e:
Jui’cly oppoﬁng every hitman Tell,
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Bot what is he, in whom the heav’nly Mind
Shines forth diff’cinguiihid and above Mankind ‘?
This, this is Newton; He, who ﬁrl’t furvey’d
ThePlan, by which the Univerfe was made;

Saw Nature’s ﬁmple, yet ﬂupendous Laws,
And prov'd th’ Eﬂ'eEts, tho‘ not explain’d the CauiE-i

Thoxi too, bold Miltoh, whofe immortal Name,
Thy Country dares to match with Homer’s Fame 5 ,
Whofe t0w’ring Genius vafi' and untonﬁn’d,

Left ev’n the. Limits of the World behind ;

Thro’ Hell, thro‘ Chaos, and infernal Night,
Afcending to the Realms of pureﬂ Light;

Or elfe on Earth, in Eden's happy Grove,

With Peace, with Blifs converﬁng, and with Love:
Here art thou plac'd, thefe blooming Shades among,
Second to thofe alone thy Mufe has fung.

* An Ancient Wood (upon whore topmoft Bough
High-waving croaks the unauf'picious CrOW)
From hence its venerable Gloom extends,
Where, rivalling its lofty Height, afcends
The pointed PYramid : This too is thine,
Lamented Vanbrugb.’ This thy lal’t Deﬁgna

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1- Among the various Structures, that around,
Form’d by thy Hand, adorn this happy Ground,
This, facred to thy Memory ﬁlall Rand : i V
Cobbam; and grateful Friendfhip fo command;

Nyﬁvm Bacchus next the Mufe demands;
To Him, in yon high Grove, * a Temple Francis;
Where Brag/73 Oaks their ancient Arms difplay;
And fcreen the Summer Sun’s unclouded Ray,
There, half -Concea1’d, it rears its Ruf’tick Head;
The painted Walls myﬂerious ﬂ Orgies: {preach
A jolly Figure on the Cieling reels,
Whofe every Nerve the potent Goblet feels:
His Vine—bound Brows befpeak him God of Wine,
The Checks, and rwening Paunch, 0! -———— are thine:
(not unknown to Phoebe: is the Name)
Once felt the Fervour of a fofter Flame;
When heedlefs Fortune {hot the {udden Dart,
And unexpeaied Rapture feiz’d his Heart.
My faithful Verfe this Secret ﬂiall reveal,
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A cooliRecefs there is, not far away,
Sacred to Love, to Mirth, and rural Play.)
Hither oft-times the youthful Fair refort,
To cheat the tedious Hours with various Sport;
Some mid the Nine—pins marfhall’d Orders roll,
With Aim unerring, the impetuous Bowl. ' i
Others, whofe Souls to loftier Objects move,
Delight the S‘ZUiﬂg’S advent’rous Joys to prove: y
While on each ﬁde the ready Lovers Hand, i
The flying Cord obeys th’ impulfive Hand.

As on a Daycontending Rivals ﬂrove,
By manly Strength to recommend their Love;

Tofs’d to and fro, up ﬂew the giddy Fair,
~And fcream’d and laugh’d, and play’d 1n upper Air“
The ﬂutt’ ring Co 1153 the rapid MotiOn ﬁnd,

And One by One admit the fWelling Wind :

At length the laﬂ, white, fubtile Veil withdrew,
And thofe myflerious Charms expos’d to view-e... ‘.
What Tranfport then, 0 ---- poilefs’d thy Soul! "
Down from thy Hand, down dropt the idle Bowie ‘

As for the skilful Ti]: prepar’d you ﬂood,

And Hopesand Fears alarm’d th’ expecting Croud;
Sudden to feize the heauteous Prey he fpruhg;
Sudden with Shrieks the ecchoing Thicket rung.

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Confounded and ahafh’d, the frightcd Maid,
(While tiling Bluﬂtes ting’d her Cheeks with red)
Fled fWift away, more rapid than the Wind,

And left the treach’rous Swing, and ---— behind.
Down the fmooth Lawn {he ﬂew with eager Haﬂe,
And near thy * Obelisk, O Camber, pafs’d:

As on the wounded Stone thy Name {he view’d,
The wellaknown Name her every Fear renew’d ;
And ﬁrait, in dreadful Viﬁon, to her Eyes

She fees anorher Priel’t and Lover rife.

Nor cou’d thy gentle Mind her Fears aﬂhage,

Nor honeﬂ: Heart, that knew nor Guile nor Rage;
But with redoubled fpeed away lhe ﬂed,

And feught the Shelter of the clofer Shade;

Where in thick Covert, to her weary Feet,

‘3“ A private Grotto promis’d fafe Retreat :

Alas? too private, for too fafely there

The ﬁerce Pnrfuer feiz’d the helplefs Fair ;

The Fair he feiz’d, while round him all the Throng
Of laughing Dryadt, Hymemab fung:

Pronubial 774m gave the myﬂick Sign;

And Venus nodded from S her neighb’ring Shrine:
The Grotto, confcious of the happy Flame,
From this aufpicious Deed derives its Name.
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Here future Lovers, when in Troops they homes
Venus, to viﬁt thy diﬂinguiﬂi’d Dome; i
As thro’ this confecrated Shade they paf's,

Shall offer to the Genius of the Place.

Shift now the clof'er Scene; and View around,
With various Beauties the wide Landskip crown’ds
Here level Glades extend their length’ning Lines,
There injuf’t Order the deep Qaz‘mame ﬂtines.
Here chryf’tal Lakes teﬁeé‘t contiguous Shades,
There diﬁjant Hills uplift, their azure Head's”.
Round the free 1' Lawn here gadding Heifers ﬂray,
And frisking Lambs their f'portive Gambols play. I,
There murmur to the Wind Groves ever-green,
And inter-mingled Buildings rife between :‘
The Sun declin’d with milder Glory burns!

And the fair Piece with various Light adorns;
Lo! in the Center of this 'bea‘uteous Sceae, ‘
Glitters beneath her * Dome the Cyprian Queens
Not like to her, whom ancient Homer prais’d, I
To whom a thoufand facred Altars blaz’d :
When ﬁmple Beauty was the only Charm,

With which each tender Nymph and Swainigrew warm 2
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But, yielding to the now-prevailing Triﬂe,
in Gold, for modern Adoration, dreﬂ'.

For her the Nam/21:, in their warry Bed,
Amid the level Green * a Mirror fpread ;
Along whofe terrafs’d Banks the ﬂlelt’ring Wood,
‘ Defends from ruder Winds th’ unrutﬂed F Ioods

Beyond, a fylvan T ﬂame difplaYS
Its circling Bof'om to the Noon—tide Rays.
In Shade, o'er Shade, the ﬂoping Ranks afcendi,
And tall Abeal: the ﬂeep Gradation end.

Here to the Sun the gloffy Lame]: ﬂiine,
There wave the darker Honours of the Pine.

High on a Pedef’cal, whofe ﬁvelhng Bafe,
To Heav’n itfelf afpiring Columns raif'e,
Shines the great Part’ner of xfugzg’im’ Bed,
The guardian Goddefs of the noble Shade.
Beneath, in order ranged on either hand,

Attendant Nymphs and Swains rejoicing ﬂand.

But cou’d the Mnfe prefume her lowly Pray’r

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Here fhou’d thof'e Princely Stars, that dawning f'mile, ‘
With kindly Luﬂre on Britannid's Iﬂe,

Fair Conf’tellation ! in one Blaze unite,-

Aiding with ﬁlial Beams theit Morher’s Lighti
Hereihou’d Imperial CAROLINE be feen,

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Who ’mid the thoufalid Altars that around,
Blaz’d in old Rome’s Panilaedn, high enthron’d;
With Pride furvey’d the venerable Dome, , ‘
Fill’d with the heav’nly Off—flaring of her Womhi,

And feel where, elevated fatahove,‘
"' A Column overlooks yon nodding Grovej
On which, the Scene of Glory to compleat,
Deck'd with the Enligns of imperial State,
Stands the great Father, George, wliof'e equal Sway;
With Joy Britannia’s happy Realms obey.
Thence round, he views the cultivated Plain,
T hat fmiling fpeaks the Bleilings of his Reign;

Thus, o’er their Planets radiant Suns preﬁde,

 

By Heav’n’s ﬁxt Laws their various Courfes guide ;
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Deep in this clofe, unihrageous, wild Rec-cf}, ‘

Where the fwe’etSongf’ters of the feather’d Race,‘

Warble their native Muﬁck thro’ the Shade;

* A folitary Building hides its Head.

This peaceful Fabrick, for Repofe deﬁgn’d,

Clofe Vales defend from penetrating Wind;

And the thick Under—wood’s combining Bought»;

On every Side :1 verd’rous Wall compofe.

Nigh, found the quiv’ring Poplars in the Air,

Like falling Waters murm’ring from afara

Here, where their quiet unmoleﬂed Reign

The Gods of Sleep and Solitude maintain; ‘

Whether foft Slumbers 'clofe thy languid Eyes,

Or Thought be loft in pleaﬁng Reberiei,

From yon fage filly’aﬁto learn thy {elf to fpart‘,

And bid adieu to unavailing Cares _

Let not the Cenfures of the Wife difmny;

But where they own clear Reafon leads the Why,

Her pleaﬁng Diéfates uncontrolld purfue, '

Thy Dreams, may he as good as Theirs, perhaps as tru

Forfaking now the Covert of the Maize,-
Along the broader Walk’s more open Space;
Pat's we to Where a fylvan Temple {'preads

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Hail! Gods of our renown’d ForebFatherss hail!
Ador'd Protectors once of England’s Weal.
Gods, of a Nation, valiant, wife, and free,
Who conquer7d to eﬁablifh Liberty!
To whofe aufpicious Care Britannia owes
Thof'e Laws, on which the ﬂands, by which {he roi'e.
Still may your Sons that noble Plan purfiue,
Of equal Government prefcrib'd hy you:
Nor e’er indignant may you blufh to fee,

The Shame of your corrupted Progeny!

Firli radiant Summ fheWs his beamy Head§
Mom to Him, and fceptaer’d Titty ﬁlc1 ed;
€Iz‘w, ancient Monarch of remotef’c Fame, ‘
Who led from Babel’s Tow’rs the German Name.
And warlike ”Eden, fam’d for martial Deeds,

From ivhom‘great Brunfwick’s noble Line proceeds;
Dread Thuﬂer fee! on his Imperial Seat;

With awful Majel’ty, and kingly State

Reclin’dl at his Command black Thunders roll,
And Storms and fiery Tempel’ts {hake the Pole.
With various Emhlem next fair Friga Charms,

In female Coats array’d and manly Arms.
Expreﬂive Image of that double Soul,

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Whole Genial Power throughout exerts its Sway,
And Earth, and Sea, and Air, its Laws obey.
Laﬁ of the Circle hoary Seatem ﬂands ;
Inﬁruatvc Emblems ﬁll his myﬁick Hands:

In this, a Wheel’s revolving Orb declares

The never-ending Round of rolling Years,
That holds a Veﬂ'el ﬁll’d with fading Flowers
And Fruits colleéied by the ripening Hours.

Be warn’cl from hence, 'ye fair Ones! to improve
The tranﬁtory Minutes made for Love,

E’er yet th’ inexorable Hand of Yime

Robs of its ~bloomy Sweets your lovely Primes

Lo, Nel/Zm’s airy Seat, whofet rifing Sides
Obfcuring Fir, and fhining Laurel hides!
Here in fweet Contral’t Rural Scenes difplay’d
Around their native wilder Beauties fpread.
T he tufted Woodland’s, where the Hunter’s Horn
0ft wakes with chearful Note the drowzy Morn ;
The Brook that glitters in the Vale below,
And all the riﬁng Lawn’s enlightnedBrow,
* In lowly Huts adown whofe ﬂielving Side,
From Storms fecure the peaceful Hinds reﬁde;
The fpacions Park, within whofe circling Pale,
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And feed in facial Herds along the Glade;
0r lonely feel: the folitary Shade.

Far o’er the levelGreen, in juﬂ: Array,

’Long Rows of Trees their ad"erfe Fronts difplay,

So when two. Nations, ﬁerce in Arms, prepare

At. one deciﬁve Stroke to end the War,

In feemly Order, e’er the Battle Joins,

The marfhal’d Hol’ts extend theirthreat’ning Linesa
And Files to Files oppos’d await the Word,

That gives a Loofe to the de-ﬁroying Sword.

High on a Mount, amid a verdant Field)
Where intermitted Lines wide opening yield ;
Where from their plenteous Urns the wat‘ry Gods
Pour o’er the green Expanfe their limpid Floods, i
Behold the ff good old King in Armour clad,
Triumphant Wreaths his facred Temples fhade.
And in his gracious Afpeét ﬂiine expreﬁ, ‘

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For Valoar much, but more for far/lice known,
Bram in the Field, and Good upon the Throne.

* An ample Arch, beneath whofe fpgctous Round
The mally Valves on turning Hinges found,
Opens its holpitable Bofom wide ,

Thro’ which at large the rolling Chariots glide,
On fwelling Baﬁions here 1* Two Buildings rife,
(While far beneath the low-funk Vally lies ;’
Where, or in one broad Lake the Waters fpread,
Or draw their humid Trains along the Mead.)

Of Yhefe, a Shelter from the fcorching Rays,

One in the Garden fpreads its, rul’cick Bale:

One in the Park, an habitable Frame,

The Houfhold Lawn, and Pehate: claim.

But lhé'llthe Mufe approach the Pile, allign’d
Once, for a Manﬁon to her much-lov’d Friend,
And not bellow one melancholy Tear,

Unhappy ﬁtted! on thy untimely Bier?
" ‘ ' Here,

* The great Entrame into the Park, and approach to the
Hon/e along the Garden W all

j Two Buildings, call‘ol Boycut Buildings, on eachﬁde

the Ehtrame. One in the Garden, the other in the Park
f’svaiihz‘rhdedﬁr a Haufeﬁzr C ohm] Speed, decear’d.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  

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Here, had not haﬁy Fate our Hopes deceiv’ch
In fweet Retitement tranquil had’ﬂ thou »liv'd ;
And pafs’d with him, whofe Friendfhip did ingage
In‘A’rms thy Youth, in Peace thy weary Age,
Faithful Companion of his toirlfome Days,

He led Thee on in Gloty’s nohle Chace!

Faithful Companion of his calm Retreat,

Here had he. deﬁin‘d thy delightful Seat.

Here too the Mufe had joy’d to fee thee Meiji“,
Of every Hope, of every Wiih pofTeft;

Had fang, with Friendthip and Affe&ion mov’da
Thy honePt Heart by ali eﬂeem’d and lov’d ; \,
And to thy Living Worth that Tribute paid,
Which forrowing now {he offers to thy Shade.
     
 

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To the Right Honourable

Ric/Jam? Earl of Burlﬁzgtm,
Occaﬁon’d by his publifhing Pallddz'o’s De—

ﬁgns of the BATHS, ARCHES,‘ THEATRES,

E36. of Ancient ROZME.

‘ ., I S ﬂrange the 'Mifer ﬂmuld his Cares
i employ

To gain thof'e Riches he can ne‘er enjoy :1
Is it lefs ﬁrangc the Prodigal ﬂmuld twaﬂe
His Wealth, to purchafe what he ne’er can mﬂeg
Not for himfelfhe fees, or hears, or cats;
Artiﬁs Inuit chufe his Pié‘i‘ures, Muﬁck, Meats:
He buys from ‘ZIJﬂmm Drawings anti Deﬁgns,

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Rare Monkifh Manufcripts for Hedme alone,

And Books for Medal, and Rarities For Sloan,

Think we all thefe are for himfelf? no more

Thar; his ﬁne Wife (my Lord) or ﬁner Whoréi

For what has 73mm pointed, built, and planted“?
Only to ﬂievv how many Taﬂes he ivantetl.‘ it
What brought Sir Skylar/Q’s ill-got Wealth to walk?
Some Daemon Whif'per'd, “ Kizigbt: fhould have a Tag/left ‘
Heav’n viﬁts with a Yaﬁe the wealthy Fool,
And needs no Rod, but Soap—rd with a Rule.
See fportive Fate, to punifh aukward Pride,
Bids 5450 build, and {ends him fuch a Guide:
A {landing Sermon! at each Year’s Experiee, .

That never Coxcomb reach’d Magniﬁcence.

0ft have you hinted to your Brother Peer,
A certaimTruth,‘ which many buy too dear :

Something there is, more needful than Expence,

 

And fomething previous ev’n to T290 ’Tis Senfe;
' Good Senfe, which only is the Gift of'Hcav’n,

And tho’ no Science, fairly worth the Seven.

A Light, which in your nl-f‘you mull“ perceive ;-

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To build, to plant, whatever you intend,

To tear the Column, or the Arch to bend,

To fwell the Tertas, or to link the thi 3

In all, let Natzire never be forgot.

Confult the Gem'm of the Place in all,

That tells the Waters or to rife, or fall,

Or helps th’ ambitious Hill the HeaV‘ns to l'cale,

Or (creeps in Circling Thtatres the Vale,

Calla in the Country, catches opening Glades,

Joins willing Woods, and varies Shades from Shades,

Now breaks, or now direéts, th’ intending Lines ;

Paint: as you plant, and as you work, Deﬁgﬂn

Begin with Swfe, of WT}! Art the Soul,
Parts anfw’rihg Parts, {hall Hide into a ‘V’V'llole3
Spontaneous Beauties all around advance,

Start, ev’n from Dzﬁimlfy, (trike, from (3mm 3
Nature {hall join you ; Time ﬂiall make it grow

V A Vt’ork to wonder zit—perhaps a ‘9‘ STOW‘i.

Without it, proud ﬁvﬂzz‘z’t’et.’ thy Glory falls,
And Nero’s Teri-alias defer: their Walls: p
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* The Seat and Garden: Of the Lord 7:]?qu Cobham ,-
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The vaﬁ Partewe: a thoufand Hands ﬂiall imake,
Lo! Bridgman comes, and ﬂoats them with a Lake ;
Or cut wide View: thro’ Mountains to the Plain,

You’ll wifh youi‘ Hill, and ﬂielter’d Seat, again;

Behold Villarz'b’s ten-years Toil co‘mpleat,

His @incuni darkens, his Efpaliers meet,

The Wood f'u'pports the Plain ; the Parts unite, '.
And Strength of Shade contends With Strength of

' Light; >

His bloomy Beds a waving Glow difplay,

Blulhing in bright Diverﬁties of Day,“ I

With ﬁlver' quiv’ringRills maeander’d o’er-ma , .
1 --—--Enjoy them, you! Villarz‘o can no more ; 7
Tir’d of the Scene Parterres and Fountains yield,

He ﬁnds at 13?: he better-likes a Field.

Thro" his young Woods how pleaS’d Sabina: ﬁray’d, V.
50': fat delighted in the thick’ning Shade, ' ' '
‘With annual Joy the red’ning Shoots to greet,

And fee the ﬁretchin‘g Branches] long to nieetl

v His Son’s ﬁne Taf’ce an op’ner Vii/24 loves,

Foe to the Dry/1d: of his Father’s Groves,

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The thriving Plants ignoble Broomﬂicks made,
Now {weep thofe Allies they were born to fhade;

Yet hence the Poo: are cloth’d, the Hm :zgry fed;
Health to himfelf, and to his Infants Bread
The Lab’ rer bears; what thy hard Heart denies,
Thy charitable Vanity fupplies.
Another Age fhall fee the golden Ear

( Imbrown thy Slope, and nod on thy Parterre.

beep Harveﬁs, bury all thy Pride has plann’d,
And laughing Ceres reaﬂ‘ume the Land. I

At Timonés [filid let us pafs a Day,

; Where all cry out, ‘ What Sums are thrown away?

So proud, fo grand. of that ﬁupendous Air,

Suﬁ and ﬂgreeahle come never there.

Greatnefs, with Timon, dwells in f'uch a Draught,

As brings all Brobdigmg before your Thought;

To compafs this, his Building is a Town,

His Pond an Ocean, his Parterre a Down;

Who but muﬂ: laugh, the Matter when he fees 9

A puny InfeEt, Ihiv’ ring at a Breeze 7

Lo! what huge Heaps of Littlenefs around!

The Whole, 2; labourjd Quarry above Ground!

  

 

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Two C #11sz fquirt before: A Lake behind
Improves the Keennefs of the Nortbren Winci
His Garden: next your Admiration call,
On’ev’ry ﬁde you look, behold the Wall!
No pleaﬁng Intricacies intervene, ‘
No artful Wildnefs to perplex the Scene :
Grove nods at Grove, each Ally has a Brother9
And half the Platform juﬂ reﬂeé’cs the other
The fuff’ ring Eye inverted Nature fees,
Trees cut to Statues, Statues thick as Trees»
With here a Fountain, never to be play’d,1
And there a Summer-houfe, that knows no Shades
Here Amphitrz‘te fails thro’ Myrtle Bow’ rs;
Then * Gladiator: ﬁght, or die, 1n Flow’ rs; 1
Un—water’ d fee the drooping Sea~horfe rnourng

And Swallows roof: 1 n Nilm’. dnﬁy Urn».

Behold! my Lord advances 9’ er the G1 eenj
Smit with the mighty Pleafure, to be feen: ' 1-,
But {oft-«4 by regular Approach-nnot yet--
Firl’t thrg’ the Length of you hot Terras fweatz

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And when np ten {leep Slopes you've draggld your ‘

Thighs, i ’
Juf’c at his Study-door he’ll blefs your Eyes.

His Study? with what Anthors is it ﬂor“.d?
In Books, not Authors, curious is my Lord;
To all their ddted Back: he turns, you round, J
Thefe A’ldm printed, thofe Du Suez'l has bowd:
Lo fame are Vellom, and the reﬁ as good,
For all his Lordfhip knows, but they are Wood.
For LOLk Or Milton 'tis in vain to look, I

Thefe Shelves admit not any Modern Book.

And now the Chappel’s filver Bell you hear,
That fumrnons you to all the Pride of Pray°rz
Light Qﬁrks of Muﬁck, broken and uneven,
Make the Soul dance upon a jig to Heaven.
On painted Cielings you devoutly ﬂare, |
Where fprawl the Saints of Verrz‘o, or Legmrre,
On gilded Clouds in fair Expanﬁon lie,

And bring all Paradife before your Eye.
To Rea, the Cufhion, and foft Dean invite,

Who never mentions Hell to Ears polite.

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But hark ! the chiming Clocks to Dinner call ;
A hundred Footfleps fcrape the marble Hall ;
The rich Bullet well~colour’d Serpent: grace,
And gaping Yritom fpew to waih your Face.
Is this a Dinner ?‘ this a Genial Room?
No, ’tis aTe-mple, and aHecatomb ;
A fqlemn Sacriﬁce, perform’d inSréue,
You drink by Meaﬁire, andcto Minutes car,
50 quick retires each ﬂying Courfe, you’d {wear ,1.
Sancko’s dread Doclor and his Wand were there;
Bern een each A&, the trembling Salvers ring,
From Soup to Sweetwine, and God big/3r the King.
' In Plenty ﬂarving, tantaliz’d in State, J ‘
And complaifnntly help’d to all I hate,
Treated, careis’d, and tir’d, I take my Leaves,
Sick of his civil Pride, from Mom to Eve; \
I curfe fuch laviih Coil, [and little Skill,
And fwear, no Day was ever paﬁ to ill;

 

In you, my L owl, Taﬁe fané’cifies Expence,
For Splendor borrows all her Rays from Senfc
You ﬂlOW us, Rome was glorious, not profufe,

   

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jull as they are, yet ﬂtall your noble Rules

13‘ ill half the Land with imitating Fools,

Who random Drawings from your Sheets {hall take,
And of one Beauty many Blunders make ;

Load fome vain Church with old Theatric Stare;
Turn Archs of Triumph to a Garden-gate ;

Reverfe your Ornaments, and hang them all

On fome patch’d Dog—hole, ek’d with Ends of Wall,
Then clap four Slices of Pilafter on’t,

And lac’d With Bits of Rul’tic, ’tis a Front:

shall call the Winds thro’ long Arcades to roar,
Proud to catch Cold at a Venetian Door;

Conf'cious they a6): a true Palladizm Part,

And if they ﬂarve, they ﬂarve by Rules of Art:

Yet thou proceed; be fallen Arts thy care,
Ereél: new Wonders, and the Old repair,
yam: and Palladio to themfelves reﬂore,

And be whate’er Vz‘truoz'u: was before :

Till Kings call forth th’ Idea’s of thy Mind,
Proud to accomplilh what fuch Hands deﬁgx. 3,
Bid Harbours open, publick Ways extend,

’ And Temples, worthier of the God, afcend ;

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The Mole projeeccd break the roaring Main;

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