X.

Books should, not business, entertain the light,

And sleep, as undisturbed as death, the night.

My house a cottage, more

Than palace, and should fitting be

For all my use, no luxury.

My garden painted o’er

With Nature’s hand, not Art’s; and pleasures yield,

Horace might envy in his Sabine field.

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