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Where Peace mould fmile perpetual. Thefe deftroy'd, 



Make it thy vernal care, when April calls 



New fhoots to .birth, to trim the hedge aflaunt, 300 



And mould it to the roundnefs of the mound, 



Itfelf a fhelving hill ; nor need we here 



The rule or line precife, a cafual glance 



Suffices to direct the carelefs Iheers. 



Yet learn, that each variety of. ground 305 



Claims its peculiar barrier. When the fofs 

 Can fleal tranfverfe before the central eye, 

 'Tis duly drawn ; but, up yon neighb'ring hill 

 That fronts the lawn direct, if labour delve 

 The yawning chafm, 'twill meet, not crofs our view; 310 

 No foliage can conceal, no curve correct 

 The deep deformity. And yet thou mean'ft 

 Up yonder hill to wind thy fragrant way, 

 And wifely dofl thou mean ; for its broad eye 

 Catches the fudden charms of laughing vales, * i r 



Rude rocks and headlong ftreams, and antique oaks 



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C Loft 



