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But would you sing , and rival Orpheus ' strain , The wond'ring forests soon should dance again , The moving mountains hear the pow'rful call , And headlong streams hang list'ning in their fall ! But see , the shepherds shun the noon ...
But would you sing , and rival Orpheus ' strain , The wond'ring forests soon should dance again , The moving mountains hear the pow'rful call , And headlong streams hang list'ning in their fall ! But see , the shepherds shun the noon ...
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SECOND : Where sedge or rushes rise on spongy soils , Or rampant moss the impoverish'd herbage spoils , Corrosive soot with liberal hand bestow ; The improving pasture soon its use will show . THIRD : Hertfordian swains on airy hills ...
SECOND : Where sedge or rushes rise on spongy soils , Or rampant moss the impoverish'd herbage spoils , Corrosive soot with liberal hand bestow ; The improving pasture soon its use will show . THIRD : Hertfordian swains on airy hills ...
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But soon we rise the bearded Crop again , Soon Phoebus ' Rays well dry the golden Grain . Pleas'd with the Scene , our Master glows with Joy ; Bids us for carrying all our Force employ ; When straight Confusion o'er the Field appears ...
But soon we rise the bearded Crop again , Soon Phoebus ' Rays well dry the golden Grain . Pleas'd with the Scene , our Master glows with Joy ; Bids us for carrying all our Force employ ; When straight Confusion o'er the Field appears ...
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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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