...Hawkins, 1822, p. 76. verses which accompanied the letter just quoted were these touching lines ; " Ah, Friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, [n vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains, and of sloping greens; Joy lives...

...extreme that he required to be laced in buckram and the constant attendance of a nurse) : — " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know —...happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley caste her eyes. " What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The morning bower, the evening colonade,...

...extreme that he required to be laced in buckram and the constant attendance of a nurse) : — " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know —...fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountams, and of sloping greens : Joy lives not here ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where...

...their country, and be poor. TO MR. GAY, WHO CONGRATULATED HIM ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. AH, friend! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know —...here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where WORTLET casts her eyes. TO MKS. MB ON HER BIRTH-DAY. OH "be them blest with all that Heaven can send,...

...are evidently written while he was employed in the beautifying of his gardens and house : — " Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know —...scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens. Joy dwells not there ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Worthy casts hor eyes. What arc...

...beautifying of his gardens and house : — "Ah, friend, 'tis true— this truth you lovers kuow — In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects tho double scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens. Joy dwells not there ; to happier seats...

...man ; of the muses, but I care not for them ; of my •Grotto, but I find no pleasure in it. " Ah ! friend 'tis true, this truth you lovers know, In vain...flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes." The hateful little hatter murmured this in a way irresistibly comical ; I have no doubt he thought...

...not for them ; of my grotto, but I find no pleasure in it. 11 Ah, friend ! 'tis true, this truth yon lovers know, In vain my structures rise, my gardens...of sloping greens; Joy lives not here ; to happier scats it flies, AnJ only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes." The hateful little hatter murmured this...

...Paris and never go farther than your closet : Ah friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers knowIn vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hinging mountains, and of sloping greens : Joy lives not here, to happier seats it flics, And only...

...beautiful little poem, in which he declares that, In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain my Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains...flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. Soon, however, the spell was broken ; the love burnt itself out ; the adoration changed to hate, and...