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once more, and to deprive the public of that 

 happiness which had before ceased to be his 

 own. 



"In this situation the poet continued for a 

 time in the character of a jealous lover, fond of 

 the beauty he keeps, but unable to supply the 

 extravagance of every demand. The garden by 

 this time was completely grown and finished ; 

 the marks of art were covered up by the luxuri- 

 ance of nature ; the winding walks were worn 

 dark ; the brook assumed a natural sylvage ; 

 and the rocks were covered with moss. Noth- 

 ing now remained but to enjoy the beauties of 

 the place, when the poor poet died, and his gar- 

 den was obliged to be sold for the benefit of 

 those who had contributed to its embellishment. 



" The beauties of the place had now for some 

 time been celebrated as well in prose as in verse ; 

 and all men of taste wished for so envied a spot, 

 where every urn was marked with the poet's 

 pencil, and every walk awakened genius and 

 meditation. The first purchaser was one Mr. 

 Truepenny, a button-maker, who was possessed 

 of three thousand pounds, and was willing also 

 to be possessed of taste and genius. 



"As the poet's ideas were for the natural 



wildness of the landscape, the button-maker's 



were for the more regular productions of art. 



He conceived, perhaps, that as it is a beauty in 



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