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Fountain of light ! if chance Some envious cloud veil thy refulgent brow , In vain the Muse's aid ; untouch'd , unstrung , Lies my mute harp , and thy desponding bard Sits darkly musing o'er the ' unfinish'd lay .
Fountain of light ! if chance Some envious cloud veil thy refulgent brow , In vain the Muse's aid ; untouch'd , unstrung , Lies my mute harp , and thy desponding bard Sits darkly musing o'er the ' unfinish'd lay .
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tis not the knife Of horrid slaughter that is o'er you waved ; No , ' tis the tender swain's well - guided shears , Who having now , to pay his annual care , Borrowed your fleece , to you a cumbrous load Will send you bounding to your ...
tis not the knife Of horrid slaughter that is o'er you waved ; No , ' tis the tender swain's well - guided shears , Who having now , to pay his annual care , Borrowed your fleece , to you a cumbrous load Will send you bounding to your ...
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Lo ! where the heath , with withering brake grown o'er , Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring poor , From thence a length of burning sand appears , Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd Rank weeds , that every art and ...
Lo ! where the heath , with withering brake grown o'er , Lends the light turf that warms the neighbouring poor , From thence a length of burning sand appears , Where the thin harvest waves its wither'd Rank weeds , that every art and ...
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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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