Narrative poem · 1848

The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich

A Long-Vacation Pastoral

by Arthur Hugh Clough

A long-vacation pastoral in nine cantos of English hexameters, in which Oxford reading-party men and a Highland girl, Elspie, put the class question to the test of love.

Contents · 9 parts

• Canto Iabout 180 lines
• Canto IIabout 280 lines
• Canto IIIabout 270 lines
• Canto IVabout 260 lines
• Canto Vabout 130 lines
• Canto VIabout 110 lines
• Canto VIIabout 190 lines
• Canto VIIIabout 180 lines
• Canto IXabout 200 lines

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