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cultural tradition , so that a poet such as Pope , who is not of the court , has , in his early poetry , a version of the Pastoral that appears to cling to a past that the poet can evidently no longer believe in .
cultural tradition , so that a poet such as Pope , who is not of the court , has , in his early poetry , a version of the Pastoral that appears to cling to a past that the poet can evidently no longer believe in .
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This is , in one sense , a return to the empty wilderness of the Sublime ; but now the only figure in that landscape , the poet , would himself disappear if he could – if he could be like Lucy , without motion , force , or feeling ...
This is , in one sense , a return to the empty wilderness of the Sublime ; but now the only figure in that landscape , the poet , would himself disappear if he could – if he could be like Lucy , without motion , force , or feeling ...
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... and linear ideas of landscape and of general nature that are expressed equally by the square fields and straight roads of his parish after enclosure , and the tradition of eighteenth - century nature - poetry that he had inherited .
... and linear ideas of landscape and of general nature that are expressed equally by the square fields and straight roads of his parish after enclosure , and the tradition of eighteenth - century nature - poetry that he had inherited .
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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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