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Sorrow onely then hath glory , When tis excellently sory . Stella fiercest shepherdesse , Fiercest but yet fairest ever ; Stella whom ô heavens do blesse , Tho against me shee persever , Tho I blisse enherit never .
Sorrow onely then hath glory , When tis excellently sory . Stella fiercest shepherdesse , Fiercest but yet fairest ever ; Stella whom ô heavens do blesse , Tho against me shee persever , Tho I blisse enherit never .
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I lately left a furrow , one or twayne , Unplough'd , the which my coulter hath not cleft ; Yet seem'd the soyle both fayre and frutefull eft , As I it past : that were too great a shame , That so rich frute should be from us bereft ...
I lately left a furrow , one or twayne , Unplough'd , the which my coulter hath not cleft ; Yet seem'd the soyle both fayre and frutefull eft , As I it past : that were too great a shame , That so rich frute should be from us bereft ...
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XXX ' It is the mynd that maketh good or ill , That maketh wretch or happie , rich or poore ; For some , that hath abundance at his will , Hath not enough , but wants in greatest store , And other , that hath litle , askes no more ...
XXX ' It is the mynd that maketh good or ill , That maketh wretch or happie , rich or poore ; For some , that hath abundance at his will , Hath not enough , but wants in greatest store , And other , that hath litle , askes no more ...
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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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