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" ' kindred verdure,' is more poetical than 

 " exact. The cattle always leave something 

 " which the scythe does not leave, and suf- 

 " ficient to mark the line of separation to a 

 " common eye. This defect, indeed, may 

 " sometimes be easily cured, by only using 

 " the scythe a little way on the outside ; for by 

 " this method the extremity of the scythe's 

 " dominion may be made so conspicuous as to 

 " preclude any suspicion of deception there, 

 " and mere change of cultivation will not 

 " alone spoil harmony of landscape. Where 

 " the junction is easy, we still admit 



* The useful arable and waving corn, 

 ' With soft turf border'd.' 



Shipley. 



" But sunk fences, wherever visible, are so 

 " manifestly artificial, that a good designer 

 " will take great pains to secure their perfect 

 " concealment, and rather have recourse to 

 " any other practicable mode of harmonizing 

 " landscape. 



" One other method, by which we are to 

 " annihilate the view even of an upright rail- 

 " ing, is given us by the same poet. His 

 " way of doing it is with an invisible colour ; 



