16 THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 



From her original fpring ? Yet, if thou afk'ft, 



Thyfelf malt give the anfwer. Tell me why 



Did RAPHAEL fteal, when his creative hand 285 



Imag'd the Seraphim, ideal grace 



And dignity fupernal from that ftore 



Of Attic fculpture, which the ruthlefs Goth 



Spar'd in his headlong fury ? Tell me this : 



And then confefs that beauty beft is taught 290 



By thofe, the favor'd few, whom Heav'n has lent 



The power to feize, felecl:, and reunite 



Her lovelier! features ; and of thefe to form 



One Archetype compkat of fovereign Grace. 



Here Nature fees her faireft forms more fair; 2 95- 



Owns them her own, yet owns herfelf excell'd 



By what herfelf produc'd. Here Art and me 



Embrace ; connubial Juno fmiles benign, 



And from the warm embrace perfection fprings. 



Roufe then each latent energy of foul 300 



To claip ideal beauty. Proteus-like, 



Think 



