Poems on several occasions | ||
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ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MONUMENT IN ARCADIA.
O you, that dwell where shepherds reign,
Arcadian youths, Arcadian maids,
To pastoral pipe who danc'd the plain,
Why pensive now beneath the shades?
Arcadian youths, Arcadian maids,
To pastoral pipe who danc'd the plain,
Why pensive now beneath the shades?
Approach her virgin tomb, they cry,
Behold the verse inscrib'd above,
Once too in Arcady was I,—
Behold what dreams are life and love!
Behold the verse inscrib'd above,
Once too in Arcady was I,—
Behold what dreams are life and love!
Poems on several occasions | ||