Plate II.

Vol.I. facing p.89.

Wale inv:et del:

I.S. Müller Se:

My humble Muse, in unambitious Strains. Paints the Le green Forefts & the f towry Plains.

Windsor Forest.

WINDSOR-FOREST.

To the Right Honourable

GEORGE Lord LANSDOWN.

Non injussa cano: Te nostræ, Vare, myricæ,
Te Nemus omne canet; nec Phœbo gratior ulla est,
Quam fibi quæ Vari præfcripfit pagina nomen.

VIRG,

WINDSOR-FOREST.

To the Right Honourable

GEORGE Lord LANSDOWN.

T

HY forests, Windfor! and thy green retreats,
At once the Monarch's and the Muse's seats,

Invite my lays. Be present, sylvan maids!
Unlock your springs, and open all your shades..
GRANVILLE commands; your aid, O Muses bring!
What Muse for GRANVILLE can refuse to fing?

VARIATIONS.

VER. 3. etc. originally thus,

Chafte goddess of the woods,

Nymphs of the vales, and Naïds of the floods,
Lead me thro' arching bow'rs, and glimm'ring glades.
Unlock your springs ---