Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 3 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

From Arcades

O're the smooth enameld green

Where no print of step hath been,

Follow me as I sing,

And touch the warbled string.

Under the shady roof

Of branching Elm Star-proof,

Follow me,

I will bring you where she sits

Clad in splendor as befits

Her deity.

Such a rural Queen

All Arcadia hath not seen.

— John Milton
1608–1674   


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