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ON A TABLET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE. 



L. Luculli summi viri Virtutes Quis ? Quam multi villarum magnificentiam 

 imitati sunt ! 



tully's offices. 



How many have imitated the magnificence of L. Lucullus's Villas 1 but how 

 few have aspired to emulate his virtues ! 



ON A TABLET ON THE SOUTH SIDE. 



And you, brave Cobham, to the latest breath, 

 Shall feel your ruling passion strong in death ; 

 Such in those moments, as in all the past, 

 Oh, Save my Country, Heaven ! shall be your last. 



' J A. POPE. 



ON A TABLET ON THE NORTH SIDE. 



Consult the genius of the place in all; 

 That bids the waters rise, or gently fall ; 

 That helps th' ambitious hill the heav'ns to scale, 

 Or scoops in circling theatres the vale ; 

 Calls in the country, catches op'ning glades, 

 Unites the woods, and varies shades from shades ; 

 Nature shall join you ; Time shall make it grow 

 A work to wonder at,— perhaps a Stowe. 



A. POPE. 



A circular stair-case leads up to the top, which commands 

 a view over great part of the counties of Buckingham, Ox- 

 ford, Northampton, Bedford, and Hertford. 



In the Park to the westward is the 



BOURBON TOWER, 



A circular building of hewn stone, deriving its name from 

 the circumstance of the Clumps of Oaks which surround 



