5& GENERAL POSTSCRIPT. 



when continued through fo long a poem ; and therefore, by 

 interweaving a tale with the general theme, I have given the 

 whole a narrative, and in fome places a dramatic cart. The 

 idea was new, and I found the execution of it fomewhat 

 difficult : However, if I have fo far fucceeded as to have con- 

 veyed, thro' the medium of an interefling ftory, thofe more 

 important principles of tafte which this part of my fubjecl: re- 

 quired, and if thofe rules only are omitted which readily refult 

 from fuch as I have defcriptively given; if the judicious place 

 and arrangement of thofe artificial forms, which give the chief 

 embellimment to a finimed garden-fcene, be diftindly noti- 

 ced, I am not without hope that this conclufion will be 

 thought (as Sir Henry Wotton faid of Milton's juvenile Poems 

 at the end of a mifcellany) to leave the reader in fome fmall 

 degree con la bocca dolce. 



With refpecl: to the criticifms, which may be made on this 

 laft book, there is one fo likely to come from certain readers, 

 that I am inclined to anticipate it ; and taking for granted that 

 it will be faid to breathe too much of the fpirit of party, to 

 return the following ready anfwer : The word Party, when 



applied 



