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Pope's Pastoral

Index: INDEX/BCMSV/6806

Details

Type: Index

Record number: INDEX/BCMSV/6806 (Lt 123 )

Title: Pope's Pastoral

Date(s): 1704 (published)

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/104734

Reference

Manuscript: Lt 123

Pages: p. 171

Description

Notes: (In spring the) -or- (First in these)

First lines: In spring the fields, in autumn hills I love

At morn the plains, at noon the shady grove

Last lines: Even spring displeases, when she shines not here

But, blest with her, 'tis spring throughout the year

Length: 8

Verse form: Couplets

Contents: An extract from 'Spring. The First Pastoral, or Damon', comprising a dialogue between the shepherds, Strephon and Daphnis