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SONNET XI. OCCASIONED BY A LATE ATTACK ON THE PRESENT TASTE OF ENGLISH GARDENS.
When two Arcadian squires in rhyme and prosePrick'd forth to spout that dilettanti lore
Their Ciceronis long had threadbare wore,
Taste from his polish'd lawn indignant rose,
And cry'd, “as Pedants are true Learning's foes,
“So, when true Genius ventures to restore
“To Nature, scenes that Fashion marr'd before,
“These travell'd Cognoscenti interpose
“And prate of Picturesqueness, —Let them prate
“While to my genuine Votaries I assign
“The pleasing task from her too rustic state
“To lead the willing Goddess; to refine,
“But not transform, her charms, and at her shrine
“Bid Use with Elegance obsequious wait.”
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