Nature

From Britannia's Pastorals: To England

by William Browne of Tavistock 1590–1645

From Pastoral Poetry (Pembroke Booklets)

Nature

Hail, thou my native soil! thou blessed plot
Whose equal all the world affordeth not!
Show me who can so many crystal rills,
Such sweet-clothed valleys or aspiring hills;
Such wood-ground, pastures, quarries, wealthy mines;
Such rocks in whom the diamond fairly shines;
And if the earth can show the like again,
Yet will she fail in her sea-ruling men.

MLA

Tavistock, William Browne of. “From Britannia's Pastorals: To England.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/browne_w/0/.

Chicago

Tavistock, William Browne of. “From Britannia's Pastorals: To England.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/browne_w/0/.

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