...expectati-on troubled not the land With any long'd-for change, or better ftate. Hal. Therefore to be polTefs'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before...the lily, ' To throw a perfume on the violet, ' To finooth the ice, or add another hue ' Unto the rain-bow, or with taper-light ' To feek the beauteous...

...applaufe is paid him, and when every tongue " is big with his boundlefs fame. He himfelf tells us^. To gild refined gold, to paint the lily. To throw a perfume on the violet, To f moot h the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper- light To fee k the beauteous...

...expectation troubled not the land With any long'd-for change, or better date. Sal. Therefore to be pofTefs'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before ; To gild refined gold, to paint the lilly, To throw a perfume on the violet, To fmoctrr the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or...

...not the land With any lonj'd-for change, or better ftate. Sai Therefore, tobe poflef&'d withdouble pomp, To guard ' a title that was rich before, To...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To I'mooth the ice, or adj another hue tinto the rainbow, or with taper-light Tc feek the beauteous eye...

...not the l.md With any long'd-for change, or berter fbte. S¿!. Therefore, tobe polfefs'd withduuble pomp To guard ' a title that was rich before, To gild refined golJ, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To fmooth the icé, or add another hue tfnto...

...teftimony in proof of fuch * excellence, borders on the charge of ridiculous * anxiety, — it is " To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, " To throw a perfume on the Violet." * For one hint, as it is given by JOHNSON, I mail ' make no apology. "ADDISON is now) defpifed I) "...

...troubled not the land, With any long'd-for change, or better state. Sal. Sal. Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before,...paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye...

...land With any long'd-for change, or better (late. Sa/. Therefore, to be polfefs'd with double pomp, 30 uth did drefs themfelves. He had no leys, that praflis'd...of the valiant ; For thofe that could fpeak low, a 35 To feck the beauteous eye of heaven to garnilh, Is wafteful, and ridiculous excefs. Pant. But that...

...ujd lo Perfeflion, fuferfiuaia, aiidfujj>icioK5, To gii'd renned gold, to paint the lily, To thro«1 a perfume on the violet, To fmooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper light To feck the beauteous eye of heaven to garniih, Is waftcful and ridiculous excels. In this,...

...and preservation of the works of British painters. FOR THE PORT FOLIO. ABERCROMBIE'S JOHNSON. " To gild refined gold; to paint the lily; to throw a perfume on the violet," is an occupation alike impracticable and superfluous. I shall not, Mr. Editor, for this reason, attempt...