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Mean while the Rural ditties were not mute , Temper'd to th'Oaten Flute , Rough Satyrs danc'd , and Fauns with clov'n heel , From the glad sound would not be absent long , And old Damætas lov'd to hear our song .
Mean while the Rural ditties were not mute , Temper'd to th'Oaten Flute , Rough Satyrs danc'd , and Fauns with clov'n heel , From the glad sound would not be absent long , And old Damætas lov'd to hear our song .
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... forth her purple Grape , and gently creeps Luxuriant ; mean while murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills , disperst , or in a Lake , That to the fringed Bank with Myrtle crownd , Her crystal mirror holds , unite thir streams .
... forth her purple Grape , and gently creeps Luxuriant ; mean while murmuring waters fall Down the slope hills , disperst , or in a Lake , That to the fringed Bank with Myrtle crownd , Her crystal mirror holds , unite thir streams .
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Yet no mean motive this profusion draws , His oxen perish in his country's cause ; ' Tis George and Liberty that crowns the cup , And Zeal for that great House which eats him up . The woods recede around the naked seat , The Sylvans ...
Yet no mean motive this profusion draws , His oxen perish in his country's cause ; ' Tis George and Liberty that crowns the cup , And Zeal for that great House which eats him up . The woods recede around the naked seat , The Sylvans ...
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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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