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Show 20 TH LIF O -names migh :illustriou be produced; but on great instance will serve to crown the whole T pohtes Garr was on a visit at Mount- when the Earl of Chatha e o sent him, from hi seat at Burton-Pinsent in Somersetshire, an invitation in the followin a tothe elegant lines Taz co Leave, Garrick, the rich landscape, proudly gay Docks, forts, and navies, bright'ning all the bay To my plain roof repair,} primeval seat Efig\‘h Yet there no wonders your quick eye can meet Save, should you deem it woriderful to fin lterature Ambition cur'd, and an unpassion'd mind tite A statesman without pow'r, and free from gall Hating no courtiers, happier than them all 1ninds of I Bow'd to no'yoke, nor crouching for applause Votary alone of freedom and the laws Herds, flocks, and smiling Ceres, deck our plain fouth es And interspers'd a heart-enliv'ning trai Of sportive children frolick o'er the green and Drar Pure love looks on, and consecrates the éccne Come then, immortal spirit of the stage Great nature's proxy !--glass of ev'ry age Come, taste the simple life of patriots old Who rich in rural peace, ne'er thought of pomp and gold |