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First sung the lowly Manners of the Swains , Or Maro's Muse , that in the fairest Light Paints rural Prospects and the Charms of Sight : These soft Amusements bring Content along , And Fancy , void of Sorrow , turns to Song .
First sung the lowly Manners of the Swains , Or Maro's Muse , that in the fairest Light Paints rural Prospects and the Charms of Sight : These soft Amusements bring Content along , And Fancy , void of Sorrow , turns to Song .
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What time the timorous hare limps forth to feed ; Then be the time to steal adown the vale , And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale ; To hear the clamorous curlew call his mate , Or the soft quail his tender pain relate ; To see the ...
What time the timorous hare limps forth to feed ; Then be the time to steal adown the vale , And listen to the vagrant cuckoo's tale ; To hear the clamorous curlew call his mate , Or the soft quail his tender pain relate ; To see the ...
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Thee sitting careless on a granary floor , Thy hair soft - lifted by the winnowing wind ; Or on a half - reap'd furrow sound asleep , Drows'd with the fume of poppies , while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers ...
Thee sitting careless on a granary floor , Thy hair soft - lifted by the winnowing wind ; Or on a half - reap'd furrow sound asleep , Drows'd with the fume of poppies , while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers ...
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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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