4 THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 



In livelier Narrative the truths to veil 



We dare not didlate. Sons of Albion, hear * 



The tale I tell is full of ftrange event, 



And piteous circumftance ; yet deem not ye, 



If names I feign, that therefore fa&s are feign'd : 55 



Nor hence refufe (what moft augments the charm 



Of ftoried woe) that fond credulity 



Which binds th' attentive foul in clofer chains.. 



At manhood's prime ALCANDER'S duteous tear 

 Fell on his Father's grave. The fair Domain, 60 



Which then became his ample heritage, 

 That Father had reform'd ; each line deftroy'd 

 Which Belgic dulnefs ptann'd j and Nature's felf 

 Reflor'd to all the rights me wim'd to claim. 



Crowning a gradual hill his Manfion rofe 6-5 



In antient Englim grandeur : Turrets, Spires, 

 And Windows, climbing high from bafe to roof 

 In wide and radiant rows, befpoke its birth 

 Coeval with thofe rich cathedral fanes, 



(Gothic 



