BOOKOFOLD-WORLDGARDENS 



A formal of men and animals, than in the most regular 

 S arden of their own. 



"Huic et nexilibus videas e frondibus hortos, 

 Implexos late muros, et moenia circiim 

 Porrigere, et latas e ramis surgere turres; 

 Deflexam et myrtum in puppes, atque serea 



rostra : 

 In buxisque undare fretum, atque e rore 



rudentes. 



Parte alia frondere suis tentoria castris; 

 Scutaquespiculaqueetjaculantiacitriavallos." 



" Here interwoven branches form a wall, 

 And from the living fence green turrets rise; 

 There ships of myrtle sail in seas of box; 

 A green encampment yonder meets the eye, 

 And loaded citrons bearing shields and spears." 

 I believe it is no wrong observation, that per- 

 sons of genius, and those who are most capable 

 of art, are always most fond of nature : as such 

 are chiefly sensible, that all art consists in the 

 imitation and study of nature. On the contrary, 

 people of the common level of understanding 

 are principally delighted with the little niceties 

 and fantastical operations of art, and constantly 

 think that finest which is least natural. A citi- 



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