6 THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 



" Give fpace to ftall the heifer, and the fteed. 90 



" So fhall each part, tho' turn'd to rural ufe, 

 *' Deceive the eye with thofe bold feudal forms 

 " That Fancy loves to gaze on." This achiev'd, 

 Now nearer home he calls returning Art 

 To hide the ftrudlure rude where Winter pounds 95 



In conic pit his congelations hoar, 

 That Summer may his tepid beverage cool 

 With the chill luxury; his Dairy too 

 There {lands of form unfightly : both to veil, 

 He builds of old disjointed mofs- grown ftone 10 



A time- {truck Abbey *. An impending grove 

 Screens it behind with reverential (hade ; 

 While bright in front the ftream reflecting fpreads, 

 Which winds a mimic River o'er his Lawn. 

 The Faae conventual there is dimly feen, 105 



The 



* It was fald in the firft Book, ver. 384, that of thofe -architectural Objefts which 

 improved a fine natural Englijb profpeft, the two principal ones were a Caftle and an 

 Abbey, In conformity with this Idea, ALCANDE*. &rft begins to exercife his tafte, by form* 

 ing a refemblance of thofe two capital artificial features, uniting them, however, *witb 

 utility. The precept is here meant *o be conveyed by defcription, which had before 

 been iven more diredly in Book If. yer. zi. 



Beauty Icorns to dwell 

 Where U/e is ejdl'd. 



