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A Pastoral
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A PASTORAL
Damon was sitting in the grove
With Phyllis, and protesting love;
And she was listening; but no word
Of all he loudly swore she heard.
How! was she deaf then? no, not she,
Phyllis was quite the contrary.
Tapping his elbow, she said, 'Hush!
O what a darling of a thrush!
I think he never sang so well
As now, below us, in the dell.'
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “A Pastoral.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/26/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “A Pastoral.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/26/.
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