6 THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 



As vainly wilt thou lift the gradual hill 



To meet thy right-hand view, if, to the left, 9 



An equal hill afcends ; in this, and all 



Be free, be various, as is Nature's felf. 



For in her wildnefs is there oft an art, 

 Or feeming art, which, by pofition apt, 



Arranges fhapes unequal, fo to fave 95 



That correfpondent poize, which unpreferv'd 

 Would mock our gaze with airy vacancy. 

 Yet fair Variety, with all her powers, 

 Affiils the Balance -, 'gainft the barren crag 

 She lifts the paftur'd flope; to diftant hills joe 



Oppofes neighb'ring (hades ; and, central oft, 

 Relieves the flatnefs of the lawn, or lake, 

 With ftudded tuft, or iiland. So to poize 

 Her objects, mimic Art may oft attain ; 

 She rules the foreground -, me can fwell or fink 105 



Its furface j here her leafy fcreen oppofe, 

 And there withdraw ; here part the varying greens, 



And 



