GUARDIAN. 



ALEXANDER POPE. 



Tuesday, September 29, 1713. 



Nee sbro comantem 



JVarctssnm, aut flexi tacuissem vimen acanthi, 

 Pallentesque hederas, et amantes littora myrtos. 



VIRG., Georg. iv., 122. 

 " The late narcissus, and the winding trail 

 Of bear's-foot, myrtles green, and ivy pale." 



DRYDEN. 



I LATELY took a particular friend of mine to 

 my house in the country, not without some 

 apprehension that it could afford little entertain- 

 ment to a man of his polite taste, particularly 

 in architecture and gardening, who had so long 

 been conversant with all that is beautiful and 

 great in either. But it was a pleasant surprise 

 to me to hear him often declare he had found 

 in my little retirement that beauty which he 

 always thought wanting in the most celebrated 



