20 THE ENGLISH GARDEN. 



Around thofe mores the Fowl that fear the ftream 35 



At random rove : hither hot Guinea fends 



Her gadding troop ; here midft his fpeckled Dames 



The pigmy Chanticleer of Bantam winds 



His clarion ; while, fuprerne .in glittering ftate, 



The Peacock fpreads his rainbow train, with eyes 355 



Of fapphire bright, irradiate each with gold. 



Mean-while from ev'ry fpray the Ringdoves coo, 



The Linnets warble, captive none *, but lur'd 



By food to haunt the umbrage : all the Glade 



Js .Life, is Mufic, Liberty, and Love. ^60 



And is there now to Pleafure or to Ufe 

 One fcene devoted in the wide domain 

 Its Mafter has not polim'd ? Rumour fpreads 

 Its praifes far, and many a ftranger flops 

 With curious eye to cenfure or admire, 365 



To 



* See RoufTeau's Charming defcription of the Garden of Julie, Nouvelle Eloife, 4 par- 

 tie. Lett. \\th. In confequence of purfuing his idea, no birds are introduced into AL- 

 , GANDER'S Menagerie, butfuch as are either domeflicated, or chufe to vifit it for the 

 fecurity and food they find there. If any of my more delicate readers wifli to have theirs 

 ibcked with rarer kind of fowls, they muft invent a pi&urefque Bird-cage for themfelves. 



