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Unerring Vature ftill divinely bright^ 

 One clear ^ tmchangd^ and imiverfal Light ; 

 Life^ Force^ and Beauty mujl to all imfart 

 At once the Source, ana End, andTefl of Art. 

 that Art h heft vohich mojl refembles her^ 

 4nd Jlill ^re/ides^yet never does appear. 



And in the 13th Page gives us the moft 

 inimitable and general Ideas of good Defign^ 

 drawn both from Nature and Art. 



In Gard'ns, as Nature ^ what affeBs our Hearts The ongu 

 Is not tV ExaBnefs of peculiar Parts : ^^(;^' ^" 



^Tis not a Lip or Eye we Beauty call^ 

 But the joint Force and full Refult of all 

 Thus when we viewfome well-proportion d Dome^ 

 (^The World's juji Wonder^ and ev'n thine ^ 



Rome ! ) 

 No fmgle Parts unequally furprlze , 

 All comes united to tV admiring Eyes 3 

 No monjlrous Height^ or Breadth^ or Length 



appear^ 

 The whole at once is hold and regular. 



Pope's EiTay on Criticifm. 



But I leave the farther purfuit of this to 

 fome better Pen: And indeed the Pleafures 

 of Gardening in all its Parts are fuch, that 

 were it poffible to dive into and difplay the 

 utmoft Receflesof its Beauty, one would not 

 do it, but leave it amongft the delightful 

 b 3 Amufe- 



