Tasso, Torquato / Reynolds, Henry · published 1628 · first performed or written 1628 (Annals) pastoral T22 Shepherds, flocks and Pan typicality 0.82 · 488 words
Marked words are the most distinguishing words of T22: shepherd, pan, shepherds, love, sheep, flocks, fair, shepherdess, swain, away.
And this to do with better ease and art, Amongst the feasting troops of the crowned Shepherds That hither come to sport o'hollydayes, I'll put myself; and here, even in this place I'll give the speeding blow unseen, unknown. To day these Woods shall hear another voice Of love then ere before, and more refin'de; My god head here shall in itself appear Present no longer in my Ministers: I'll breathe soft thoughts into their courser breasts, And make their tongues in smoothest numbers move; For whatsoe'er I am, still am I Love; No less in Shepherds then in greatest Peers; And inequality in people, I Can temper as I please, such is my power. The Rural sound of homely Shepherds reed I can make equal with the learned'st lyre, And if my mother (which disdains forsooth To see me here) be ignorant of this, she's blind, not I Whom the blind world reputes blind wrongfully. Is't possible (Silvia) thou canst resolve To spend the fair hours of thy flowering youth With such contempt of Venus, and her Son; And hast no more desire to be a mother, And leave a part of thee (when thou art dead) Living behind thee? Change (young fondling) change Thy mind; and do not lead a life so strange. Daphne, let others pleasure take in love, (If in such thraledome any pleasure be;) The life I lead contents me well enough; To chase the flying Deer over the lawn With Hound, or well-aym'de Flight, and while I find shafts in my quiver, and beasts for my prey, I'll want no sport to pass the time away. Fine sports no doubt, and sure a goodly life For silly minds that never tasted other, And for that cause alone it pleases thee: ●o duller ages heretofore could think scornes and water the best meat and drink, Before the use of corn and wine was found, but now theyare only eat and drunk by beasts: And hadst thou but once proved the thousand part Of the dear joys those happy lovers feel, That truly love, and are beloved again, Thou wouldst with sighs repent thy time misspent, And only call a lover's life Content. And say, O my past springtyde, how in vain Spent I thy widowy nights? how many days In fruitless loneness, which I now be wail? Why knew I not loves sweets have this condition To bring new joys with every repetition? Change, change thy mind (young silly one) and know Too late repentance is a double woe. When I repent the thoughts I carry now, Or say such words as these thou feigning framest To sport thyself withal; the Floulds shall run Back to their Springs, the Wolf shall fearing fly The silly Lamb, and the young Leurett shall Pursue the speedy Grayhound o'er the plain, The Bear shall in the toiling Ocean breed, And finny Dolphin on the mountains feed.
nodes 60–121 (positions in the processed text, not lines of the printed book) · chunk 2 of 33 in this edition
Length
488 words · 655 tokens
Topic (seed 42)
T22 — Shepherds, flocks and Pancross-work theme (confirmed, in the genre comparison) · typicality 0.823 (cosine to the topic centroid)
Other seeds
seed 43: T24 · seed 44: T25 — topic numbers are assigned independently in each run; equal or different numbers say nothing by themselves
Original spelling (EEBO-TCP, unregularized)
And this to doe with better eaſe and arte, Amongſt the feaſting troopes of the crown'd Shepherds That hither come to ſport o'hollydayes, I'le put my ſelfe; and heere, euen in this place I'le giue the ſpeeding blow vnſeene, vnknowne. To day theſe Woods ſhall heare another voyce Of loue then ere before, and more refin'de; My god head heere ſhall in it ſelfe appeare Preſent no longer in my Miniſters: I'le breath ſoft thoughts into their courſer breſts, And make their tungs in ſmootheſt nūbers moue; For whereſoere I am, ſtill am I Loue; No leſſe in Shepherds then in greateſt Peeres; And inequallity in people, I Can temper as I pleaſe, ſuch is my power. The Rurall ſound of homely Shepherds reede I can make equall with the learned'ſt lyre, And if my mother (which diſdaines forſooth To ſee me heere) be ignorant of this, Shee's blinde, not I Whom the blind world reputes blinde wrongfully. I'ſt poſsible (Siluia) thou canſt reſolue To ſpend the faire houres of thy flowring youth With ſuch contempt of Venus, and her Sonne; And haſt no more deſire to be a mother, And leaue a part of thee (when thou art dead) Liuing behinde thee? Change (young fondling) change Thy minde; and do not leade a life ſo ſtrange. Daphne, let others pleaſure take in loue, (If in ſuch thraledome any pleaſure bee;) The life I leade contents me well enough; To chaſe the flying Deere ouer the lawne With Hounde, or well-aym'de Flight, and while I finde hafts in my quiuer, and beaſts for my pray, Ile want no ſport to paſſe the time away. Fine ſports no doubt, and ſure a goodly life For ſilly mindes that neuer taſted other, And for that cauſe alone it pleaſes thee: o duller ages heretofore could thinke cornes and water the beſt meate and drinke, efore the vſe of corne and wine was founde, ut now th'are onely eate and drunke by beaſtes: And hadſt thou but once proou'd the thouſand part Of the deare joyes thoſe happy louers feele, That truely loue, and are belou'd againe, Thou wouldſt with ſighes repent thy time miſpent, And onely call a louers life Content. And ſay, O my paſt ſpringtyde, how in vaine Spent I thy widowy nights? how many dayes In fruitleſſe loneneſſe, which I now be waile? Why knew I not loues ſweetes haue this condition To bring new ioyes with eu'ry repetition? Change, change thy minde (young ſilly one) and knowe Too late repentance is a double woe. When I repent the thoughts I carry now, Or ſay ſuch words as theſe thou fayning framest To ſport thy ſelfe withall; the Floulds ſhall runne Backe to their Springs, the Wolfe ſhall fearing flye The ſilly Lambe, and the young Leurett ſhall Purſue the ſpeedy Grayhound ore the playne, The Beare ſhall in the toyling Ocean breede, And finny Dolphine on the mountaines feede.