Chap. I. of GARDENING, &c. p; 



And oft heftopt in his triumphant Way^ 

 And oft looked backy and oft was heard to fay^ 

 Not without Sighs, Alas ! I there forfake 

 A happier Kingdom than I go to take. 



^ If I had not already touch'd upon it, 1 

 might have urg'd farther (from the Example 

 of Aglai0, that follows in this Poem) the 

 Happinefs of thefe Employs 5 but 1 end, by 

 obferving, That thofe who have no love nor 

 tafte for this Subjed, may certainly conclude 

 themfelves of bafe, ungenerous Thoughts 5 I 

 had almoft faid, they may fufpeft and dread 

 themfelves in danger in other refpeds that 

 very nearly concern them. 



In Ihort, (next to the more immediate Du- 

 ties of Religion) 'tis in the Innocency of 

 thefe Employs, thus doing, thus Planting^ 

 Drefling, and bufying themfelves, that all 

 wife and intelligent Perfons wou d be found, 

 when Death, that King of Terrors, Ihall 

 clofe their Eyes, and they themfelves be 

 obliged to bid an eternal Farewel to thefe 

 and all other fublunary Pleafures. 



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