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over his head and a plot of land to work for his food . ... that from all Businese cleere , As the old race of Mankind were , With his owne Oxen tills his Sires left lands , And is not in the Usurers bands : Nor Souldier - like started ...
over his head and a plot of land to work for his food . ... that from all Businese cleere , As the old race of Mankind were , With his owne Oxen tills his Sires left lands , And is not in the Usurers bands : Nor Souldier - like started ...
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Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen , who survey The rich man's joys increase , the poor's decay , ' Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land . Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore ...
Ye friends to truth , ye statesmen , who survey The rich man's joys increase , the poor's decay , ' Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land . Proud swells the tide with loads of freighted ore ...
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Beneath yon cliff they stand , To show the freighted pinnace where to land ; To load the ready steed with guilty haste , To fly in terror o'er the pathless waste , Or , when detected , in their straggling course ...
Beneath yon cliff they stand , To show the freighted pinnace where to land ; To load the ready steed with guilty haste , To fly in terror o'er the pathless waste , Or , when detected , in their straggling course ...
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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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