THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 15 



At each blefl touch, and, on the lowlieft things, 



Scatters her rainbow hues. The firft and beft 



Is that, which, finking from our eye, divides, 260 



Yet feems not to divide the {haven lawn, . 



And parts it from the pafture; for if there 



Sheep feed, or dappled deer, their wandering teeth 



Will, fmoothly as the fcythe, the herbage fhave, 



And leave a kindred verdure. This to keep 265 



Heed that thy labourer fcoop the trench with care 5. 



For fome there are who give their fpade repofe, 



When broad enough the perpendicular fides 



Divide, and deep defcend : To form perchance 



Some vulgar drain, fuch labour may fuffice, . 27 



Yet not for beauty : here thy range of wall 



Mufl lift its height erect, and, o'er its head. 



A verdant veil of fwelling turf expand, 



While fmoothly from its bafe with gradual eafe 



The pafture meets its level, at that point 27.5 



Which befl deludes our eye, and beft conceals 



Thy lawn's brief limit. Down fo fmooth a ilope 



The 



