Poems, Volume 2W. Blanchard, 1796 |
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... thro ' this terreftrial vaft The feeds of grace are fown , profusely sown , Ev'n where we leaft may hope ; the defert hills Will hear the call of Art ; the vallies dank Obey her just behefts , and fmile with charms Congenial to the foil ...
... thro ' this terreftrial vaft The feeds of grace are fown , profusely sown , Ev'n where we leaft may hope ; the defert hills Will hear the call of Art ; the vallies dank Obey her just behefts , and fmile with charms Congenial to the foil ...
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... Thro ' lawn and shade alternate : for if She Prefide not o'er the task , the narrow drains Will run in tedious parallel , or cut 125 Each other in fharp angles ; hence implore Her fwift affiftance , ere the ruthless spade Too deeply ...
... Thro ' lawn and shade alternate : for if She Prefide not o'er the task , the narrow drains Will run in tedious parallel , or cut 125 Each other in fharp angles ; hence implore Her fwift affiftance , ere the ruthless spade Too deeply ...
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... thro ' the tremulous foliage darts the ray , That gilds the Poet's day - dream ; here the turf Teems with the vegetating race ; the air Is peopled with the infect tribes , that float Upon the noontide beam , and call the Sage To number ...
... thro ' the tremulous foliage darts the ray , That gilds the Poet's day - dream ; here the turf Teems with the vegetating race ; the air Is peopled with the infect tribes , that float Upon the noontide beam , and call the Sage To number ...
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... thro ' a copfe Of beech , that rear their smooth and stately trunks , Admit it partially , and half exclude , 205 211 And half reveal its graces : in this path How long foe'er the wanderer roves , each step Shall wake fresh beauties ...
... thro ' a copfe Of beech , that rear their smooth and stately trunks , Admit it partially , and half exclude , 205 211 And half reveal its graces : in this path How long foe'er the wanderer roves , each step Shall wake fresh beauties ...
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... thro ' the varied canvafs : thefe transplant Again on Nature ; take thy plaftic fpade , It is thy pencil ; take thy feeds , thy plants , They are thy colours ; and by these With interest every charm she lent thy art . repay Nor , while ...
... thro ' the varied canvafs : thefe transplant Again on Nature ; take thy plaftic fpade , It is thy pencil ; take thy feeds , thy plants , They are thy colours ; and by these With interest every charm she lent thy art . repay Nor , while ...
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Æneid againſt ALCANDER alfo antient beauty becauſe beft beſt charms claffic CLEON confequently confideration confift cry'd defcription defign deſcribed diſtance divine SIMPLICITY ENGLISH GARDEN Ev'n ev'ry faid fame Fancy fantaſtic fcene fcorn feems feen felect fence fhade fhall fhould fides firft firſt fituation flope fmile foil foliage fome fong foon foreft foreground ftill ftream fubject fuch fufficient fupplied furface give Gothic grace grove heav'n herſelf himſelf imitation inftance inftructed interfect itſelf juft landſcape lawn Lord Burlington moft moſt Mufe muft muſt Naiad Nature Nature's neceffary NOTE o'er obfervation ornament parterre perchance pictureſque pleaſure Poem Poet praiſe precept prefent preferve purpoſe racter Reaſon rife rill ruthleſs ſcene ſcenery ſhade ſhall ſhe ſkill ſmile ſome ſpace ſpread ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtrain tafte Taſte thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tion toil uſe vafe vale verdure Verfe Verſe whofe καὶ
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Page 48 - Their whistle shrill, and oft their faithful dog Shall with obedient barkings fright the flock From wrong or robbery.
Page 207 - For all that nature by her mother wit Could frame in earth, and forme of substance base, Was there, and all that nature did omit, Art playing second natures part, supplyed it.
Page 11 - This deed were impious. Ah, forgive the thought, Thou more than Painter, more than Poet ! HE, Alone thy equal, who was
Page 221 - Letters, and more from Chambers's little discourse, published some years ago ;* but it is very certain we copied nothing from them, nor had any thing but Nature for our model. It is not forty years since the art was born among us...
Page 18 - Around the figur'd carpet of the lawn. Hence too deformities of harder cure : The terras mound uplifted ; the long line Deep delv'd of flat canal ; and all that toil, Mifled by taftelefs Fafhion, could atchieve 405 To mar fair Nature's lineaments divine.
Page 209 - ... there may be more honour if they fucceed well, yet there is mere dilhonour if they fail, and it is twenty to one they will ; whereas in regular figures it is hard to make any great and remarkable faults.
Page 220 - He is highly civil to our nation ; but there is one point in which he does not do us justice ; I am the more solicitous about it, because it relates to the only taste we can call our own; the only proof of our original talent in matter of pleasure, I mean our skill in gardening...
Page 204 - Seat in Ware-Park ; where I well remember, he did so precisely examine the tinctures and seasons of his flowers, that in their settings, the inwardest of which that were to come up at the same time, should be always a little darker than the...
Page 199 - On this account, our English gardens are not so entertaining to the fancy as those in France and Italy, where we see a large extent of ground covered over with an agreeable mixture of garden and forest, which represent every where an artificial rudeness, much more charming than that neatness and elegancy which we meet with in those of our own country.