12 THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 



For that, illumin'd with the noontideoay, 



She boafts a brighter garment, therefore Art 385 



A livelier verdure to thy aid mould bring. 



Know when that Art, with ev'ry varied hue, 



Portrays the living landfcape -, when her hand 



Commands the canvafs plane to glide with flreams, 



To wave the foliage, or with flowers to breathe, 390 



Cool olive tints, in foft gradation laid, 



Create the general herbage : there alone, 



Where darts, with vivid force, the ray fupreme, 



Unfullied verdure reigns ; and tells our eye 



Jt ftole its bright reflection from the fun. 39$ 





 The paint is fpread ; the barrier pales retire, 



Snatch'd, as by magic, from the gazer's view. 



So, when the fable enfign of the night, 



Unfurl'd by mitt-impelling Eurus, veils 



The laft red radiance of declining day, 400 



Each fcatter'd village, and each holy fpire 



That deck'd the diflance of the fylvan fcene, 



Are 



