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measure of the verse. In like manner, 

 Poetry and Painting are often joined; 

 but the canvas rarely embodies those 

 ligurative personages to advantage, which 

 the poet's enthusiasm presents to the read- 

 er's imagination. 



During the pleasant hours we passed ^y**^ 

 tog-ether amidst the romantic scenery of Convem- 



o J ence. 



the Wye, I do remember my acknow- 

 ledging that an enthusiasm for the pictu- 

 resque had originally led me to fancy 

 greater affinity betwixt Painting and 

 Gardening, than I found to exist after 

 more mature consideration, and more 

 practical experience; because, in whate'ver 

 relates to man, propriety and convenience 

 are not less objects of good taste, than pictu- 

 resque effect', and a beautiful garden scene 

 is not more defective because it would 

 not look well on canvas, than a didactic 

 poem, because it neither furnishes a sub- 

 ject for the painter or the musician. 

 There are a thousand scenes in nature 

 to delight the eye, besides those Avhich 

 may be copied as pictures; and indeed 

 me of the keenest observers of pictu- 



