Various. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. Volume 14, No. 382, July 25, 1829
POPE'S TEMPLE, AT HAGLEY
INGRATITUDE. A DRAMATIC SKETCH
M. BOILEAU TO HIS GARDENER. IMITATED
THE SELECTOR, AND LITERARY NOTICES OF NEW WORKS
LIVES OF BRITISH PAINTERS, SCULPTORS, AND ARCHITECTS
SPIRIT OF DISCOVERY
Microscopic Objects
New Lilac Dyes
Dirty Windows
Indigo
Chain Bridge
Stone Roofs
Fossil Saurians
The Zoological Society
THE NOVELIST
THE SIEGE OF ABYDOS. A Romantic Tale
SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS
THE LIBERTINE'S CONFESSION
THE TOYMAN IS ABROAD
NOTES OF A READER
THE QUARTERLY REVIEW
AN ARTIST'S FAME
TRUE PATRIOTISM
THE FORGET-ME-NOT
HOME
IRISH SONGS
A REAL MIRACLE
THE GATHERER
THE "GOOD BOY" LOVER
ADMIRAL RODNEY
EXPRESSIVE WORDS
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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—
Such is the fervid language in which the Poet of the year invoked
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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 fades in the distance; on the left the Clent hills appear, and a dusky antique tower stands just below them at the extremity of the wood; whilst in the midst of it, we can discern the Doric temple sacred to Pope. This exquisite gem of the picturesque is represented in our Engraving.
In the adjoining grove of oaks is the antique tower; in a beautiful amphitheatre of wood, an Ionic rotunda; and in an embowering grove a Palladian bridge, with a light airy portico. Here on a fine lawn is the urn inscribed to Pope, mentioned by Shenstone:
