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A PASTORAL. [As Thirsis and Daphne, upon the new hay]
1 As Thirsis and Daphne, upon the new hay
2 Were seated, surveying the plain;
3 No guilt in their bosoms their joys to allay,
4 Or give them a moment of pain.
5 Not Venus, but Virtue had made them her care,
6 She taught them her innocent skill;
7 The swain knew no art, but to pleasure the fair
8 That Nature had form'd to his will.
9 Inspired by love, on his pipe he did play;
10 O Virtue! how happy the swain!
11 While sweet Robin-red-breast that perch'd on the spray,
12 And Daphne was pleas'd with the strain.
13 How pleasing the prospect, how cooling the breeze;
14 The sun shone delightfully 'round;
15 And apples half ripe, grew so thick on the trees,
16 The boughs almost bent to the ground.
17 Thus happily seated, by sympathy bound,
18 How pleasing the mutual chain;
19 When either is absent, the prospects around
20 Display all their beauties in vain.
[Page 73]21 They sat till the mist that arose from the brook,
22 Inform'd them the ev'ning was nigh;
23 The swain shook his head with a languishing look,
24 And 'rose from his seat with a sigh.
25 His flute he disjointed, and silent a while
26 He gaz'd on his maid with delight;
27 Then gave her his hand, she arose with a smile,
28 He kiss'd her, and bid her good night.
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Author: Elizabeth Hands (née Herbert)
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Hands, Elizabeth, 1746-1815. The death of Amnon. A poem. With an appendix: containing pastorals, and other poetical pieces. By Elizabeth Hands. [Coventry]: Printed for the author, by N. Rollason, Coventry, M,DCCLXXXIX., 1789, pp. 72-73. [40],127,[1]p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T141063) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Dunston B 961 (1)].)
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Other works by Elizabeth Hands (née Herbert)
- ABSENCE AND DEATH. A PASTORAL. ()
- ABSENCE. ()
- CONTENTMENT. ()
- CORINNA TO LYCIDAS. ()
- CRITICAL FRAGMENTS, ON SOME OF THE ENGLISH POETS. ()
- THE DEATH OF AMNON. A POEM. ()
- An ELEGY. ()
- An ENIGMA. ()
- An EPISTLE. ()
- The FAVOURITE SWAIN. ()
- FRIENDSHIP. An ODE. ()
- LEANDER AND BELINDA. A TALE. ()
- LOB's COURTSHIP. ()
- LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP. A PASTORAL. ()
- OBSERVATION ON THE WORKS of NATURE. ()
- OBSERVATION, On an EVENING. ()
- OBSERVATION. ()
- On a WEDDING. ()
- On an UNSOCIABLE FAMILY. ()
- On CONTEMPLATIVE EASE. ()
- On reading Pope's Eloiza to Abelard. ()
- On the Author's LYING-IN, AUGUST, 1785. ()
- A PASTORAL DIALOGUE. ()
- A PASTORAL SONG. ()
- A PASTORAL. [Young Corydon, a blithesome swain] ()
- A PASTORAL. [Young Damon gay, a faithful-hearted swain] ()
- PERPLEXITY. A POEM. ()
- PHILLIS TO DAMON. A SONG. ()
- A POEM, On the Supposition of an Advertisement appearing in a Morning Paper, of the Publication of a Volume of Poem, by a Servant Maid. ()
- A POEM, On the Supposition of the Book having been published and read. ()
- REFLECTION on MEDITATION. ()
- REFLECTION. ()
- The RURAL MAID in LONDON, To her FRIEND in the COUNTRY. An EPISTLE. ()
- A SONG. [Far from the woods, alas, I rove] ()
- A SONG. [When Chloe, smiling, gave consent] ()
- A SONG. [Ye swains cease to flatter, our hearts to obtain] ()
- THIRSIS AND DAPHNE. A POEM. ()
- To THIRSIS, On his signifying his intention to lay aside his Hautboy. ()
- The WIDOWER's COURTSHIP. ()
- WIT AND BEAUTY. A PASTORAL. ()
- Written on Their MAJESTIES coming to Kew. ()
- Written while the Author sat on a COOK of HAY. ()
- Written, originally extempore, on seeing a Mad HEIFER run through the Village where the Author lives. ()