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MATTHEW GREEN From The Spleen Forced by soft violence of prayer , The blithsome goddess sooths my care ; I feel the deity inspire , And thus she models my desire . Two hundred pounds , half - yearly paid , Annuity securely made , A farm ...
MATTHEW GREEN From The Spleen Forced by soft violence of prayer , The blithsome goddess sooths my care ; I feel the deity inspire , And thus she models my desire . Two hundred pounds , half - yearly paid , Annuity securely made , A farm ...
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... and showers with sudden hand Exuberant spring - for oft these valleys shift Their green - embroidered robe to fiery brown , And swift to green again , as scorching suns Or streaming dews and torrent rains prevail .
... and showers with sudden hand Exuberant spring - for oft these valleys shift Their green - embroidered robe to fiery brown , And swift to green again , as scorching suns Or streaming dews and torrent rains prevail .
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Welcome green headland ! firm beneath his feet ; Welcome the friendly bank's refreshing seat ; There , warm with toil , his panting horses browse Their shelt'ring canopy of pendent boughs ; Till Rest delicious chase each transient pain ...
Welcome green headland ! firm beneath his feet ; Welcome the friendly bank's refreshing seat ; There , warm with toil , his panting horses browse Their shelt'ring canopy of pendent boughs ; Till Rest delicious chase each transient pain ...
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Contents
Glossary | 10 |
Egloga Tertia | 23 |
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY ISS486 | 37 |
Copyright | |
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appear bear beneath breath bright bring court dear delight doth earth eyes face fair fall fear feed feel fields flocks Garden give Golden grace green groves grow hand happy hath head hear heard heart hills hope innocence keep kind labour land leave light live look Lord meane mind morn Muse nature never night o'er once pain pass Pastoral pipe plain play pleasure poem poet poor praise pride rest rich rise round rural scene seen shade sheep shepherds side simple sing smiling soft song soul sound spread spring stand stream swain sweet thee things thou thought toil town tradition trees true turn wild winds woods youth
Bibliographic information
| Title | A Book of English Pastoral Verse |
| Editors | John Barrell, John Bull |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1975 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| ISBN | 0195197984, 9780195197983 |
| Length | 539 pages |
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