THE GARDEN" 83 



If I, ray friends (said he) should to you show 

 All the delights, which in these gardens grow ; 

 'Tis likelier much, that you should with me stay, 

 Than 'tis, that you should carry me away : 

 And trust me not, my friends, if every day, 



I walk not here with more delight, 

 Than ever, after the most happy fight, 

 In triumph to the capitol I trod, 



To thank the gods, and to be thought, myself almost 

 a god. 



