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Lap me in soft Lydian Aires , Married to immortal verse Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes , with many a winding bout Of lincked sweetnes long drawn out , With wanton heed , and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes ...
Lap me in soft Lydian Aires , Married to immortal verse Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes , with many a winding bout Of lincked sweetnes long drawn out , With wanton heed , and giddy cunning , The melting voice through mazes ...
Page 312
... inspired to wake The life - refining soul of decent wit ; Nor stopped at barren bare necessity ; But , still advancing bolder , led him on To pomp , to pleasure , elegance , and grace ; And , breathing high ambition through his soul ...
... inspired to wake The life - refining soul of decent wit ; Nor stopped at barren bare necessity ; But , still advancing bolder , led him on To pomp , to pleasure , elegance , and grace ; And , breathing high ambition through his soul ...
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And every motion , odour , beam , and tone , With that deep music is in unison : Which is a soul within the soul – they seem Like echoes of an antenatal dream . - It is an isle ' twixt Heaven , Air , Earth , and Sca , Cradled , and hung ...
And every motion , odour , beam , and tone , With that deep music is in unison : Which is a soul within the soul – they seem Like echoes of an antenatal dream . - It is an isle ' twixt Heaven , Air , Earth , and Sca , Cradled , and hung ...
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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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