Dick, Stewart, Allingham, Helen Paterson, 1848-1926 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 474
sings not of England, but of Arcadia,of nymphs and shepherds, of Phyllis and Corydon.It is the poetry of a golden age of fancy. Marlowesshepherd sings to his love and offers her silver dishesfor her meat, ivory tables, and other sweet bribes,which do not smack of rural England, charming thoughthey… … AT GRAXNVS. THE OLD VILLAGE LIFE 245 like a breath of fresh country air when he tunes hisrustic pipe. No foppish Corydon pays silken compli-ments to a pink-and-white Phyllis, but Dick the shepherd blows his nailAnd Tom bears logs into the hall,And milk comes frozen home in pail,When blood is nippd,…
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