Nature
From Britannia's Pastorals: A Rill
From Pastoral Poetry (Pembroke Booklets)
So when the pretty rill a place espies,
Where with the pebbles she would wantonize,
And that her upper stream so much doth wrong her
To drive her thence, and let her play no longer;
If she with too loud mutt'ring ran away,
As being much incens'd to leave her play,
A western, mild and pretty whispering gale
Came dallying with the leaves along the dale,
And seem'd as with the water it did chide,
Because it ran so long unpacified:
Yea, and methought it bade her leave that coil,
Or he would choke her up with leaves and soil:
Whereat the riv'let in my mind did weep,
And hurl'd her head into a silent deep.
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Tavistock, William Browne of. “From Britannia's Pastorals: A Rill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/browne_w/11/.
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Tavistock, William Browne of. “From Britannia's Pastorals: A Rill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/browne_w/11/.
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