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    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829
    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829
    The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829
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      Title: The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction

      Vol. 14, Issue 382, July 25, 1829

      Author: Various

      Release Date: March 5, 2004 [EBook #11462]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MIRROR OF LITERATURE, NO. 382 ***

      Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Marvin A. Hodges, David King, and the

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      THE MIRROR

      OF

      LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION.

      POPE'S TEMPLE, AT HAGLEY

      Reader! are you going out of town "in search of the picturesque—if so, bend your course to the classic, the consecrated ground of HAGLEY! think of LYTTLETON, POPE, SHENSTONE, and THOMSON, or refresh your memory from the Spring" of the latter, as—

      Courting the muse, thro' Hagley Park thou strayst.

      Thy British Tempe! There along the dale,

      With woods o'erhung, and shagg'd with mossy rocks,

      Whence on each hand the gushing waters play,

      And down the rough cascade white dashing fall,

      Or gleam in lengthen'd vista through the trees,

      You silent steal; or sit beneath the shade

      Of solemn oaks, that tuft the swelling mounts

      Thrown graceful round by Nature's careless hand,

      And pensive listen to the various voice

      Of rural peace; the herds, the flocks, the birds,

      The hollow-whispering breeze, the 'plaint of rills,

      That, purling down amid the twisted roots

      Which creep around their dewy murmurs shake

      On the sooth'd ear.

      Such is the fervid language in which the Poet of the year invoked

      LYTTLETON, the friend!

      Yet these lines will kindle the delight and reverence of every lover of Nature, in common with the effect of the Seasons on the reader, who wonders that he never saw before what Thomson shows him, and that he never yet has felt what Thomson impresses.¹

      But we quit these nether flights of song to describe the locality of Hagley Park, of whose beauties our Engraving is but a mere vignette, and in comparison like holding a candle to the sun. The village of Hagley is a short distance from Bromsgrove, in Worcestershire, whence the pleasantest route to the park is to turn to the right on the Birmingham road, which cuts the grounds into two unequal parts. The house is a plain and even simple, yet classical edifice. Whately, in his work on Gardening, describes it as surrounded by a lawn, of fine uneven ground, and diversified with large clumps, little groups, and single trees; it is open in front, but covered on one side by the Witchbury hills; on the other side, and behind by the eminences in the park, which are high and steep, and all overspread with a lofty hanging wood. The lawn pressing to the front, or creeping up the slopes of three hills, and sometimes winding along glades into the depth of the wood, traces a beautiful outline to a sylvan scene, already rich to luxuriance in massive foliage, and stately growth. The present house was built by the first Lord Lyttleton, not on, but near to, the site of the ancient family mansion, a structure of the sixteenth century. Admission may be obtained on application to the housekeeper; and for paintings, carving, and gilding, Hagley is one of the richest show-houses in the kingdom.²

      Much as the visiter will admire the refined taste displayed within the mansion, his admiration will be heightened by the classic taste in which the grounds are disposed. A short distance from the house, embosomed in trees, stands the church, built in the time of Henry III.; with a sublime Gothic arch, richly painted windows, and a ceiling fretted with the heraldic fires of the Lyttleton family, whose tombs are placed on all sides; among them, the resting-place of the gay poet is distinguished by the following plain inscription:—

      This unadorned stone was placed here

      By the particular desire and express

      Directions of the Right Honourable

      GEORGE, LORD LYTTLETON,

      Who died August 22, 1773, aged 64.

      Leaving the church we ascend to the crest of a hill, on which stands the Prince of Wales's Pillar. From this point, the view is inexpressibly beautiful, in which may be seen an octagon seat sacred to the memory of Thomson, and erected on the brow of a verdant steep, his favourite spot. In the foreground is a gently winding valley; on the rising hill beyond is a noble wood, whilst to the right the open country

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