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... Swaying his Scepter with a Princely pompe ; Of his desires cannot so steare the Healme , But sometime falls into a ... others fall at jarrs : Thus is his Countrey full of civill warrs ; He still in danger sits , still fearing Death ...
... Swaying his Scepter with a Princely pompe ; Of his desires cannot so steare the Healme , But sometime falls into a ... others fall at jarrs : Thus is his Countrey full of civill warrs ; He still in danger sits , still fearing Death ...
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The pastoral represented an ordered nature for man before the Fall , an environment which offered no threat . The opposition of created Garden and unspoilt Nature is obviously central to the Pastoral , but it is an opposition that may ...
The pastoral represented an ordered nature for man before the Fall , an environment which offered no threat . The opposition of created Garden and unspoilt Nature is obviously central to the Pastoral , but it is an opposition that may ...
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And not turn black with horror at the sight ? Fall'n country of my fathers ! fall'n and foul ! Thy body still is here , but where the soul ? I look upon a corpse – ' tis putrid clay - And fiends possess it . Vampires quit your prey !
And not turn black with horror at the sight ? Fall'n country of my fathers ! fall'n and foul ! Thy body still is here , but where the soul ? I look upon a corpse – ' tis putrid clay - And fiends possess it . Vampires quit your prey !
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Contents
THE ELIZABETHAN PASTORAL II | 11 |
Egloga Tertia | 23 |
Four poems from the Arcadia | 37 |
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appear bear beneath breath bright bring charms court delight doth earth eyes face fair fall fear feel fields flocks flowers Garden give Golden grace green groves grow hand happy hath head hear heart hills hope innocence keep kind labour land leave light live look Lord mean mind morn muse nature never night o'er once pain Pastoral plain play pleasure poem poet poetry poor praise pride rest rich rise round rural scene seems seen shade sheep shepherds side simple sing smiling soft song soon soul sound spread Spring stand stream swain sweet tell thee things thou thought toil town tradition trees true turn village wild wind woods youth
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| Title | The Penguin Book of English Pastoral Verse |
| Editors | John Barrell, John Bull |
| Publisher | Allen Lane, 1974 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 1 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0713906103, 9780713906103 |
| Length | 539 pages |
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