The Penguin Book of English Pastoral VerseJohn Barrell, John Bull Allen Lane, 1974 - 539 pages |
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Page 362
... land on scorching gravel lies , And to the springing blade support denies ; Fix on the wintry tilth the frequent fold , And mend with cooling marl or untried mould . THIRD : If thy strong loam superfluous wet retain , Lead through thy ...
... land on scorching gravel lies , And to the springing blade support denies ; Fix on the wintry tilth the frequent fold , And mend with cooling marl or untried mould . THIRD : If thy strong loam superfluous wet retain , Lead through thy ...
Page 392
... land . Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry , their country's pride ...
... land . Ill fares the land , to hastening ills a prey , Where wealth accumulates , and men decay ; Princes and lords may flourish or may fade ; A breath can make them , as a breath has made : But a bold peasantry , their country's pride ...
Page 402
... 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 , To foil their foes by cunning or by force ; Or , yielding part ( which equal knaves demand ) ...
... 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 , To foil their foes by cunning or by force ; Or , yielding part ( which equal knaves demand ) ...
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Egloga Tertia | 23 |
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