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ENGLISH GARDEN. 



BOOK THE SECOND. 



HA I L to the Art, that teaches Wealth and Pride 

 How to pofTefs their wifh, the world's applaufe, 

 Unmix t with blame ! that bids Magnificence 

 Abate its meteor glare, and learn to mine 

 Benevolently mild ; like her, the Queen 5 



Of Night, who failing thro' autumnal fides, 

 Gives to the bearded product of the plain 

 Her ripening luftre, lingering as me rolls, 

 And glancing cool the falutary ray 



Which fills the fields with plenty*. Hail that Art 10 



A Ye 



* This fimile, founded on the vulgar error concerning the Harveft Moon, 

 however falfe in philofophy, may, it is hoped, be ad.mitted in poet y. 



