Picturesque views, on the River Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex : with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood . fufe to be carried alongwith him, when he exclaims ** What are the towrs. The work of labring man and clumfy art,Seen with the ring-doves neft—on that tall beech * Her penfile houfe the featherd artift builds ;— , The rocking winds moleft her not j for fee, * With fuch due poize the wondrous fobricks hung, * That, like the compafs in the bark, it keeps•* True to itfelf and ftedfaft evn in ftorms ; * Thou ideot th
Picturesque views, on the River Medway, from the Nore to the vicinity of its source in Sussex : with observations on the public buildings and other works of art in its neighbourhood . fufe to be carried alongwith him, when he exclaims ** What are the towrs. The work of labring man and clumfy art,Seen with the ring-doves neft—on that tall beech * Her penfile houfe the featherd artift builds ;— , The rocking winds moleft her not j for fee, * With fuch due poize the wondrous fobricks hung, * That, like the compafs in the bark, it keeps•* True to itfelf and ftedfaft evn in ftorms ; * Thou ideot that aflerts, there is no God, View and be dumb for ever ? * Go bid Vitruvius or Palladio build The bee his manfion, or the ant her cave— Go call Corregio, or let Titian come To paint the hawthorns bloom, or teach the cherry Ta bluftj withjuft vermilion—hence zwzy— Hence, ye prophane ! for God himfelf is here. To the weft of Barming, on a noble afeentfrom the Medway, ftands Tefton Houfe, themanfion of Mrs. Bouverie j the extenfiveand diverfified fcenery which furrounds it,and the beautiful meandriag ftream beneath,highly enriched by its elegant ftone bridge, afford. ?^^ ?* Si ( »39 ) afford an enchanting combination of objects. The houfe is ancient, but has recently re-ceived fuch liberal improvements and addi-tions, as to give it the air of a new edifice;thefe, though they have their advantagesover the Gothic in point of utility, do not,in my opinion, aid the pi6lurefque beauty ofthe fcenefy. The varied and interfered partsand ornaments of the ancient ftyle appear to , me, at all times, more grateful to the eyethan the fquare front, and as regularly dif-pofed fquare windows of a modern ere( hottfe in the annexed view being at agreat diftanee, and in part concealed, will, infome d€gree, apologize for its being intro-duced here as a pid:ur€fque objeft. Thisfeat was formerly called Berham, or BarhamCourt, an appellation derived from the familyof thaJt name
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