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The soft sweet Mosse shall be thy bed , With crawling Woodbine over - spread : By which the silver - shedding streames Shall gently melt thee into dreames . Thy clothing next , shall be a ...
The soft sweet Mosse shall be thy bed , With crawling Woodbine over - spread : By which the silver - shedding streames Shall gently melt thee into dreames . Thy clothing next , shall be a ...
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Wide flies the tedded grain ; all in a row Advancing broad , or wheeling round the field , They spread their breathing harvest to the sun , That throws refreshful round a rural smell ; Or , as they rake the green - appearing ground ...
Wide flies the tedded grain ; all in a row Advancing broad , or wheeling round the field , They spread their breathing harvest to the sun , That throws refreshful round a rural smell ; Or , as they rake the green - appearing ground ...
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There snares without entangling briars spread , And thistles , arm'd against the invader's head , Stood in close ranks , all entrance to oppose ; Thistles now held more precious than the rose . All creatures which , on nature's earliest ...
There snares without entangling briars spread , And thistles , arm'd against the invader's head , Stood in close ranks , all entrance to oppose ; Thistles now held more precious than the rose . All creatures which , on nature's earliest ...
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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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