THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 5 



If ought of praife the verfe I weave may claim, 

 From juil Pofterity reward my fong. 



Erewhile to trace the path, to form the fence, 

 To mark the deftin'd limits of the lawn, 65 



The Mufe, with meafur'd ftep preceptive, pac'd. 

 Now from the furface with impatient flight 

 She mounts, Sylvanus ! o'er thy world of fhade 

 To fpread her pinions. Open all thy glades, 

 Greet her from all thy ecchoes. Orpheus like, 76 



Arm'd with the fpell of harmony fhe comes, 

 To lead thy forefts forth to lovlier fcenes, 

 Where Fancy waits to fix them 3 from the dells 

 Where now they lurk (lie calls them to poffefs 

 Confpicuous ftations ; to their varied forms 75 



Allots congenial place ; felects, divides, 

 And blends anew in one Elyzian whole. 



Yet, while I thus exult, my weak tongue feels 

 The lack of antient phrafe which, fpeaking, paints, 



And 



