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What sweet Delight a quiet Life affords , And what it is to bee of Bondage free , Farre from the madding Worldlings hoarse Discords , Sweet flowrie Place I first did learne of thee : Ah ! if I were mine owne , your dear Resorts I would ...
What sweet Delight a quiet Life affords , And what it is to bee of Bondage free , Farre from the madding Worldlings hoarse Discords , Sweet flowrie Place I first did learne of thee : Ah ! if I were mine owne , your dear Resorts I would ...
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AMARILLIS : But deare Mirtillo , I have heard it told , Those learned men brought Incense , Myrrhe , and Gold , From Countries far , with Store of Spices , ( sweet ) And laid them downe for Offrings at his feet .
AMARILLIS : But deare Mirtillo , I have heard it told , Those learned men brought Incense , Myrrhe , and Gold , From Countries far , with Store of Spices , ( sweet ) And laid them downe for Offrings at his feet .
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These were thy charms , sweet village ! sports like these , With sweet succession , taught e'en toil to please ; These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed , These were thy charms – but all these charms are fled .
These were thy charms , sweet village ! sports like these , With sweet succession , taught e'en toil to please ; These round thy bowers their cheerful influence shed , These were thy charms – but all these charms are fled .
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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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