THE- ENGLISH GARDEN. 7 



The mitred Window, and the Cloifter pale, 

 With many a mouldering Column ; Ivy foon 

 Round the rude chinks her net of foliage fpreads ^ 

 Its verdant mefhes feem to prop the wall. 



One native Glory, more than all fublime,. no 



AL GANDER'S fcene pofleft : 'Twas Ocean's felf 

 He, boift'rous King, agalnil the eaitern cliffs 

 Dafh'd his white foam ; a verdant vale between. 

 Gave fplendid ingrefs to his world of waves. 

 Slaunting this vale the mound of that clear ftream 115 



Lay hid in (hadey, which flowly lav'd his Lawn i 

 But there fet free, the rill refum'd its pace, 

 And hurried to the Main. The dell it paft 

 Was rocky and retir'd : Here Art with eafe 

 Might lead it o'er a Grot, and filter'd there> 120 



Teach it to fparkle down its craggy fides 3 . 

 And fall and tinkle on its- pebbled floor t 

 Here then that Grot he builds, and conclis with fpars,, 

 Mofs petrified with branching corallines 

 In mingled mode arranges : All found here 125 



Propriety 



