THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 3 



The fpells of Fafhion, from the crumbling wreck 



Of her enchantments fagely did fhe cull 



Thofe reliques rich of old Vitruvian {kill, 



With what the Sculptor's hand in claflic days 



Made breathe in Brafs or Marble ; thefe theHag 35 



Had purloin'd, and difpos'd in Folly's fane ; 



To him thefe trophies of her victory 



She bears ; and where his awful nod ordains 



Confpicuous means to place. He {hall direct 



Her dubious judgment, from the various hoard 4 



Of ornamental treafures, how to chufe 



The fmipleft and the beft ; on thefe his feal 



Shall ftamp great Nature's image and his own, 



To charm for unborn ages. Fling the reft 



Back to the Beldame, bid her whirl them all 4^ 



In her vain vortex, lift them now to day, 



Now plunge in night, as, thro* the humid rack 



Of April cloud, fwift flits the trembling beam. 



But precepts tire, and this faftidious Age 

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