of a Country on its Inhabitants. 27 9 
had feen in a fine country: and Virgil,* and 
Tibullus, t Teem to have taken their defcriprions 
of the fituation of the happy in a future life, 
from thofe natural beauties, with which they were 
familiar. 
The fame circumftances appear to have in¬ 
fluenced the general opinions, concerning a place 
of future punifhment. As the refidence of the 
blell was fuppofed to be in a country exquifitely 
adorned with natural beauties, fo that of the 
* Devenere locos Iretos, et amoena vireta, 
Fortunatorum nemorum, fedefque beatas: 
Largior hie campos .Asther, et lumine reftit 
Purpureo, Solemque fuum fua fidera norunt. 
Virg Asneid. Lib. VI. 
f Sed me, quod facilis tenero fum Temper amori, 
Jpfa Venus campos ducet in Elyfios. 
Hie chers cantufque vigenr, paflimque vagantes 
Duke fonant tenui guttirre carmen aves. 
Fert cafiam non culta leges, totofque per agros 
Floret odoratis terra benigna rods. 
Tibull. Eleg. Lib. I. El. 4. 
Propertius fpeaks of Elyfian rofes, 
Mulcet ubi Elyfias aura beata rofas. 
Prop. Lib. IV. EL 7. L. 60. 
; Milton ufes nearly the fameexpreffion ; 
On a bed 
Of heapt Elyfian flowers. 
Milton Allegro. L. 146, 147. 
Jlolls o’er Elyfian flowers her amber ftream. 
Par. Loft. III. 359. 
T 4 referable 
