TT SITING out grounds, as it is called, may be considered as a liberal 

 J ^ art, in some sort like poetry and painting ; and its object, like 

 that of all the liberal arts, is, or ought to be, to move the 

 affections under the control of good sense ; that is, those of the best 

 and wisest; but speaking with more precision, it is to assist Nature 

 in moving the affections, and surely, as I have said, the affections 

 of those who have the deepest perception of the beauty of Nature ; 

 who have the most valuable fee/ings, that is, the most permanent, and 

 most independent, the most ennobling, connected with Nature and 

 human life. WILLIAM WORDSWORTH. 



