...whole tree r1 30 TO MR. GAY, 1VHO HAD CONGRATULATED MR. POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOJSE AXI> GARDENS.2 AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know...In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow ; ' In Hammond's Miscellany, " Benew." 5 These lines must have been written in the early part of 1722. In...

...here, and I beg they may die the same death at Paris, and never go further than your closet : " ' Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know —...; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where W casts her eyes. " ' What is the gay parterre, the chequerM shade, The morning bower, the ev'ning...

...without her repetition. Pope praised her wit and poetry, admired her beauty, and flattered her vanity. "In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow, In vain...hanging mountains and of sloping greens ; Joy lives not there ; to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes." Soon this extravagant...

...folks would think a jest) Want nothing else, except your wife. TO MR GAY, WHO HAD CONGRATULATED MR POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. H, friend ! 'tis...Joy lives not here, — to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The...

...POPE ON FINISHING HIS HOUSE AND GARDENS. AH, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know — XI. In vain my structures rise, my gardens grow; In vain...Joy lives not here, — to happier seats it flies, 5 And only dwells where WORTLEY casts her eyes. What are the gay parterre, the chequer'd shade, The...

...admired. And though the glorious Hudson transcends in grandeur, and, so far as size is concerned, " In vain fair Thames reflects the double scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens," yet has she charms and associations specially her own. I love them both ; but this I am bound to say,...

...your closet.' The verses which accompanied the letter just quoted were these touching lines : ' Ah, friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know ;...scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens, Joy lies not here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wonley casts her eyes.' See also the...

...these touching lines : ' Ah, friend, 'tis true—this truth you lovers know; In vain my stractures rise, my gardens grow : In vain fair Thames reflects...scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens, Joy lies not here, to happier seats it flies, And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes.' See also the...

...name is introduced, and was left undisturbed in subsequent editions. The lines are these : — Ah, friend ! 'tis true — this truth you lovers know...scenes Of hanging mountains and of sloping greens. (This was, I suppose, the effect of his little magic mirrors inserted here and there and everywhere.)...

...them here, and I beg they may die the same death in Paris, and never go further than your closet. Ah friend, 'tis true — this truth you lovers know,...flies And only dwells where Wortley casts her eyes. The intercourse between Pope and Lady Mary was intercourse marked by sentiment, or sentimentality,...