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GEAY, WALPOLE, ASHTON. 55

to appear before the H: of Lords ? are there to be
damages? or is it to be blown over, with only a
separate Maintenance for the Fair One ? I am sorry-
he has obviously established such a Character. Tis
too soon to be arrived at one's ne plus ultra. I
• doubt 'tis all the fame he will ever be master of, & tis
horrid to begin where one must end.

By a considerable volume of Charts and Pyramids
which I saw at Florence, I thought it threatend a
Publication. His travels have really improvd him;
I wish they may do the same for any one else.

West has sent me a letter of Fragments, which
not being antique, I am extremely angry, are not
conipleat.

'Nor cease the Maiden Graces from above
To shower their fragrance on the fields¹ of Love.'

I desire you will set him to digging in the same
Spot, where he found these verses, for the other parts
of the Poem. I took them for his own; but upon
showing them to a great virtuoso here, he assures
me they are undoubtedly ancient, by one of the best
hands, & in the true greek Taste.

This is the first day, we have had, that one can
call warm; they say, in England you have not a leaf
yet on the Trees.

I have made a Vow against Politics, or I w^d wish

¹ ? field or fields,—doubtful in MS.



	GEAY, WALPOLE, ASHTON. 55 to appear before the H: of Lords ? are there to be damages? or is it to be blown over, with only a separate Maintenance for the Fair One ? I am sorry- he has obviously established such a Character. Tis too soon to be arrived at one's ne plus ultra. I • doubt 'tis all the fame he will ever be master of, & tis horrid to begin where one must end. By a considerable volume of Charts and Pyramids which I saw at Florence, I thought it threatend a Publication. His travels have really improvd him; I wish they may do the same for any one else. West has sent me a letter of Fragments, which not being antique, I am extremely angry, are not conipleat. 'Nor cease the Maiden Graces from above To shower their fragrance on the fields¹ of Love.' I desire you will set him to digging in the same Spot, where he found these verses, for the other parts of the Poem. I took them for his own; but upon showing them to a great virtuoso here, he assures me they are undoubtedly ancient, by one of the best hands, & in the true greek Taste. This is the first day, we have had, that one can call warm; they say, in England you have not a leaf yet on the Trees. I have made a Vow against Politics, or I w^d wish ¹ ? field or fields,—doubtful in MS.