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Gracefully plain, let each apartment rife. 



O'er all let cleanlinefs prefide, no fcraps 



Beftrew the pavement, and no half- pick'd bones, 



To kindle fierce debate, or to difguft 



That nicer fenfe, on which the fportfman's hope 



And all his future triumphs muft depend. 



Soon as the growling pack with eager joy 



Have lapp'd their fmoking viands, morn or eve. 



From the full ciftern lead the dudtile ftreams. 



To -walh thy court well-pav'd ; nor fpare thy pains. 



For much to health will cleanlinefs avail. 



Seek'ft thou for hounds to climb the rocky fteep, 



And bruih th* entangled covert, whofe nice fcent 



O'er greafy fallows and frequented roads 



Can pick the dubious way ? Baniih far off 



Each noifomeftench, let no ofFenfive fmell 



Invade thy wide inclofure, but admit 



The nitrous air and purifying breeze. 



Water and ihade no lefs demand thy care : 

 In a large Iquare th' adjacent field inclofe, 

 There plant in equal ranks the fpreading elm. 

 Or fragrant lime ; moll happy thy defign, 

 If, at the bottom of thy fpacious court, 

 A large canal, fed by the cryftal brook. 

 From its tranfparent bofom fhall refledt 

 Thy downward flru6ture and inverted grove. 

 Here, when the fun's too potent gleams annoy 

 The crowded kennel, and the drooping pack, 

 Reftlefs and faint, loll their unmoiften'd tongues, 



And 



