THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 3 r 



" With the vext elements, and chief with that, 

 <c Whom elder Thales, and the Bard of Thebes 535 



" Held firft of things terreflrial ; nor mifdeem'd : 

 " For, when the Spirit creative deign'd to move, 

 tc He mov'd upon the waters. O revere 

 <L Our power : for was its vital force withheld, 

 <l Where then were Vegetation's vernal bloom, 540 



" Where its autumnal Wealth ? but we are kind, 

 " As powerful ; O let reverence lead to love, 

 " And both to emulation ! Not a rill, 

 " That winds its fparkling current o'er the plain, 

 " Reflecting to the Sun bright recompenfe 545 



" For ev'ry beam he lends, but reads thy foul 

 " A generous lecture. Not a panfy pale, 

 " That drinks its daily nurture from that rill, 

 " But breaths in fragrant accents to thy foul; 

 " So fhould'fl thou feed the poor." Whoe'er beheld 550 

 ct Our humble train forfake their native mead 

 " To climb the haughty hill ? Ambition, fpeak. 

 " He blufhes, and is mute. When did our flreams, 



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