producing great effects by small means: while False Taste is for ever
sighing after the new and the rare; and reminds us, in her works, of
the Scholar of Apelles, who, not being able to paint his Helen
beautiful, determined to make her fine.


ARGUMENT.

An Invitation, v. 1. The approach to a Villa described, v. 5. Its
situation, v. 17. Its few apartments, v. 57. Furnished with casts
from the Antique, &c. v. 63. The dining-room, v. 83. The library, v.
89. A cold-bath, v. 101. A winter-walk, v. 151. A summer-walk, v.
l63. The invitation renewed, v. 197. Conclusion, v. 205.


When, with a REAUMUR'S skill, thy curious mind
Has class'd the insect-tribes of human-kind,
Each with its busy hum, or gilded wing,
Its subtle, web-work, or its venom'd sting;
Let me, to claim a few unvalued hours,
Point the green lane that leads thro' fern and flowers;
The shelter'd gate that opens to my field,
And the white front thro' mingling elms reveal'd.
In vain, alas, a village-friend invites
To simple comforts, and domestic rites,
When the gay months of Carnival resume
Their annual round of glitter and perfume;
When London hails thee to its splendid mart,
Its hives of sweets, and cabinets of art;
And, lo, majestic as thy manly song,