THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 13 



Only NERINA'S wifh, her woodbine bower, 



Remain'd to crown the whole. Here, far beyond 215 



That humble wifh, her Lover's Genius form'd 



A glittering Fane, where rare and alien plants 



Might fafely flourifti*; where the Citron fvveet, 



And fragrant Orange, rich in fruit and flowers, 



Might hang their filver ftars-, their golden globes,. 220 



On the fame odorous flem : Yet feorning there 



The glaify penthoufe of ignoble form, 



High on Ionic fhafts he bad it tower 



A proud Rotunda ; to its fides conjoin'd- 



Two broad Piazzas in theatric curve* 225 



Ending in equal Porticos fublime. 



Glafs rooft the whole, and fidelong to the South 



'Twixt ev'ry fluted Column, lightly rear'd 



Its wall pellucid-. All within was day,, 



C 3. Was 



* M, Le Glradtn, in an elegant French EfTay, written on the fame fubjet r and formed 

 on the fame principles, with this Poem, is the only writer that I have feen (or at lead 

 recollecl) who has attempted to give a ftove or hot-houfe a piftijrefque effect, It is his. 

 hint, purfued and confiderably dilated, which forms the defcription of ALCANDER.** 

 Confervatory. See his Eflay, De la composition des Payfages. Geneva, 1777. 



