William Shenstone Retirement Poems

1.
Elegy I. He Arrives At His Retirement In The Country

For rural virtues, and for native skies,
I bade Augusta's venal sons farewell;
Now 'mid the trees I see my smoke arise,
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2.
Elegy Xxi. Taking A View Of The Country From His Retirement

Thus Damon sung-What though unknown to praise,
Umbrageous coverts hide my Muse and me,
Or mid the rural shepherds flow my days
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