THE ENGLISH GARDEN. n 



Perchance of glaring tile that guards the ftores 170 



Of Ceres, or the patch'd disjointed choir 



Of fome old Fane, whoffe fleeple's Gothic pride 



Or pinnacled, or fpir'd, would bolder rife 



" In tufted trees high bofom'd." Here allot 



Convenient fpace to plant that lofty tribe 175 



Behind thy underwood, left, o'er it's head 



The foreft tyrants fhake their lordly arms, 



And flied their baleful dew. Each plant that fprings 



Holds, like the people of fome freeborn ftate, 



Its rights fair franchis'd ; rooted to a fpot I 80 



It yet has claim to air ; from liberal heav'n 



It yet has claim to funfhine, and to fhowers : 



Air, fhowers, and funfliine are it's liberty. 



That liberty fecur'd, a general fhade 



Denfe, and impervious to thy wifri fhall rife 185 



To hide each form uncouth ; and, this obtain'd, 

 All elfe we from the Dryad race implore 

 Is Grace, is Ornament. For fee our lawn 



B 2 Though 



