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Rh See now the changes that attend her sway; The parke where rural Elegance had placed Her sweete retreat, where cunning Art did play Her happiest freaks, that Nature undefaced Received new charmes; ah, see, how foul disgraced Now lies thilke parke so sweetly wylde afore! Each grove and bowery walke be now laid waste; The bowling-greene has lost its shaven flore, And snowd with washing suds now yawns beside the dore.

All round the borders where the pansie blue, Crocus, and polyanthus speckled fine, And daffodils in fayre confusion grew Emong the rose-bush roots and eglantine; These now their place to cabbages resign, And tawdrie pease supply the lillys stead; Rough artichokes now bristle where the vine Its purple clusters round the windows spread, And laisie cucumbers on dung recline the head.