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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE PASTORAL ELEGIES: TO THE READER (2), by WILLIAM BASSE Poet's Biography First Line: A shepheards youth dwelt on the plaines Last Line: He tooke his pipe and sate him downe and vers'd. Subject(s): Youth | |||
A SHEPHEARDS youth dwelt on the plaines, That passt the common sort of Swaines, By how much had himselfe before Beene nursed up in Colins lore; Who, while his flocke, ybent to stray, Glad of the Sunne-shine of the day, Wanderd the field, and were abroade dispers'd, He tooke his Pipe and sate him downe and vers'd. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BETWEEN THE WARS by ROBERT HASS THE GOLDEN SHOVEL by TERRANCE HAYES ALONG WITH YOUTH by ERNEST HEMINGWAY THE BLACK RIVIERA by MARK JARMAN ELEGY ON MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE by WILLIAM BASSE |
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