THE 



PLEASURE GARDEN. 



INTRODUCTION. 



" HERE Nature, always pleasing, everywhere love- 

 ly, appears with peculiar attractions. Yonder she 

 seems dressed in her dishabille ; grand, but irregu- 

 lar. Here she calls in her handmaid Art; and 

 shines in all the delicate ornaments that the nicest 

 cultivation can convey. Those are her common 

 apartments, where she lodges her ordinary guests : 

 This is her cabinet of curiosities, where she enter- 

 tains her intimate acquaintances. My eye shall 

 often expatiate over those scenes of universal ferti- 

 lity : My feet shall sometimes brush through the 

 thicket, or traverse the lawn, or stroll along the 

 forest glade ; but to this delightful retreat shall be 

 my chief resort. Thither will I make excursions, 

 but here will I dwell *." 



* Hervey's Meditations in the Flower Garden. 



