THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 7 



The form-deciding life-infpiring word 



Pronounc'd them into being. Thefe prime marks, 100 



Diftinclive, docile Memory makes her own, 



That each their fhadowy fuccour may fupply 



To her wifli'd purpofe ; firft, as firft befeems, 



To veil whate'er of wall, or fence uncouth 



Offends the eye, which tyrant Ufe has rear'dy TO$ 



And ftern Neceflity forbids to change* 



Lur'd with their hafty fprouts, and branching ftems, 

 Planters there are who chufe the race of Pine 

 For this great end, erroneous ; witlefs they 

 That, as their arrowy heads afiault the fky, no 



They leave their fhafts unfeather'd ; rather thou 

 Selecl the fhrubs that, patient of the knife, 

 Will thank thee for the wound, the hardy Thorn,, 

 Holly, or Box, Privet, or Pyracanth. 



They, thickening from their bafe, with tenfold fhade 115 

 Will foon replenifh all thy judgment prun'd. 



But 



