English Pastoral Poetry of the Eighteenth Century


Readings for Tuesday, 10/22.  As with the Female Rake, each page is a picture of one or more pages.  Some pages start on the right-hand page, so move the slide bar at the bottom of the browser over to see the correct part of the picture.

NOTE you should print a copy of each poem so you have it for class.  To do so choose the pages from the Print Me line, since they have been reduced by 50% to fit both left and right pages on a single standard 9x11 printed page.
 

Thomas Parnell "Health, An Eclogue" (1722)  page  12   3 4
PRINT ME:   2   3  4

John Dobson "Robin: A Pastoral Elegy" (1746)  page  2
PRINT ME:   1   2

William Shenstone "He Repeats the Song of Colin" (1764)  page 1 2   3
PRINT ME:    2   3

anon. "A Pastoral in the Modern Style"  (1767)  page   2
PRINT ME:    2

George Stevens "A Simple Pastoral" (1772)  page    2
PRINT ME:    2

Richard Jago "The Scavengers: A  Town Eclolgue" (1784)  1 2  3
PRINT ME:   1   2  3