Poetry & Verse
Summer,
By Alexander PopeSource: Alexander Pope - PoetryDB (Public Domain)638 words
THE SECOND PASTORAL, OR ALEXIS. TO DR GARTH. A shepherd's boy (he seeks no better name) Led forth his flocks along the silver Thame, Where...
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THE SECOND PASTORAL, OR ALEXIS. TO DR GARTH. A shepherd's boy (he seeks no better name) Led forth his flocks along the silver Thame, Where dancing sunbeams on the waters play'd, And verdant alders form'd a quivering shade. Soft as he mourn'd, the streams forgot to flow, The flocks around a dumb compassion show: The Naïads wept in every watery bower, And Jove consented in a silent shower.…
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