From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 29
Page 295
... history is progres, sive , and has no fear of a decay like that of post - Augustan Rome . The landscape is a perfect balance of cultivated field and ornamented park , the one paying for the other , the second dignifying the first .
... history is progres, sive , and has no fear of a decay like that of post - Augustan Rome . The landscape is a perfect balance of cultivated field and ornamented park , the one paying for the other , the second dignifying the first .
Page 408
But ere his death some pious doubts arise , Some simple fears , which ' bold bad ' men despise ; Fain would he ask the parish priest to prove His title certain to the joys above : For this he sends the murmuring nurse , who calls The ...
But ere his death some pious doubts arise , Some simple fears , which ' bold bad ' men despise ; Fain would he ask the parish priest to prove His title certain to the joys above : For this he sends the murmuring nurse , who calls The ...
Page 520
Why , I'm a - gettèn rid ov ev'ry goose An'goslèn I've a - got : an ' what is woose , I fear that I must zell my little cow . THOMAS : How zoo , then , John ? Why , what's the matter now ? What , can't ye get along ?
Why , I'm a - gettèn rid ov ev'ry goose An'goslèn I've a - got : an ' what is woose , I fear that I must zell my little cow . THOMAS : How zoo , then , John ? Why , what's the matter now ? What , can't ye get along ?
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Contents
THE ELIZABETHAN PASTORAL II | 11 |
Egloga Tertia | 23 |
Four poems from the Arcadia | 37 |
Copyright | |
62 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
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
References to this book
Bibliographic information
| 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 |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |