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It is obvious that this view of the countryside is from the perspective of the town or court - and it is a view which suggests a particular kind of relationship between the town , where the writer and his readers would normally live ...
It is obvious that this view of the countryside is from the perspective of the town or court - and it is a view which suggests a particular kind of relationship between the town , where the writer and his readers would normally live ...
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... our town , Thous go to church in this coate , bevore Madge a Sonday in her gray gown . Good lord , how our church - wardens wil looke upon thee , bones of god zeest , There will be more looking at thee , then our Sir John the parish ...
... our town , Thous go to church in this coate , bevore Madge a Sonday in her gray gown . Good lord , how our church - wardens wil looke upon thee , bones of god zeest , There will be more looking at thee , then our Sir John the parish ...
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( 1744 ] RICHARD JAGO The Scavengers A Town Eclogue Awake , my Muse , prepare a loftier theme ; The winding valley , and the dimpled stream Delight not all : quit , quit the verdant field , And try what dusty streets and alleys yield .
( 1744 ] RICHARD JAGO The Scavengers A Town Eclogue Awake , my Muse , prepare a loftier theme ; The winding valley , and the dimpled stream Delight not all : quit , quit the verdant field , And try what dusty streets and alleys yield .
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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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