Henry Austin Dobson (Генри Остин Добсон)

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When this old world was new,
Before the towns were made,
Love was a shepherd too.

Clear-eyed as flowers men grew,
Of evil unafraid,
When this old world was new.

No skill had they to woo,
Who but their hearts obey'd—
Love was a shepherd too.

What need to feign or sue?
Not thus was life delay'd
When this old world was new.

Under the cloudless blue
They kiss'd their shepherd-maid—
Love was a shepherd too.

They knew but joy; they knew
No pang of Love decay'd:
When this old world was new,
Love was a shepherd too. 

1. When Burbadge Played
2. For a Copy of Theocritus
3. O Fons Bandusae
4. The Last Proof
5. On the Future of Poetry

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