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These disjunctions became slowly more apparent as the century progressed , and ( among other things ) the position of the writer was seen to have changed ; and poets like Goldsmith , doing without a patron and trying to live by what he ...
These disjunctions became slowly more apparent as the century progressed , and ( among other things ) the position of the writer was seen to have changed ; and poets like Goldsmith , doing without a patron and trying to live by what he ...
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What is most remarkable about the poem is its formulation of the essential boringness of farm - work : Think what a painful Life we daily lead ; Each Morning early rise , go late to Bed . Nor is the labourer free from toil while he ...
What is most remarkable about the poem is its formulation of the essential boringness of farm - work : Think what a painful Life we daily lead ; Each Morning early rise , go late to Bed . Nor is the labourer free from toil while he ...
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The essentially formal nature of Arnold's Pastorals is obvious enough , and that of the dialect - poems of Tennyson ... Hardy's excellent poem , ' In Time of “ The Breaking of Nations ” , an exception which does much to prove the rule .
The essentially formal nature of Arnold's Pastorals is obvious enough , and that of the dialect - poems of Tennyson ... Hardy's excellent poem , ' In Time of “ The Breaking of Nations ” , an exception which does much to prove the rule .
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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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