Shenstone, William (1714-1763)

Elegy I. He Arrives at His Retirement in the Country, and Takes Occasion to Expatiate in Praise of Simplicity. To a Friend. [from The Works]

1764, 1773

"But thou, my friend! while in thy youthful soul / Love's gentle tyrant seats his aweful throne, / Write from thy bosom--let not art controul / The ready pen, that makes his edicts known."

But thou, my friend! while in thy youthful soul
  Love's gentle tyrant seats his aweful throne,
Write from thy bosom--let not art controul
  The ready pen, that makes his edicts known.
(I, p. 30; cf. I, p. 14 in 1764 ed.)

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20 entries for Works in ESTC and ECCO (1764, 1765, 1768, 1769, 1770, 1773, 1776, 1776, 1777, 1779, 1791).

Text from The Works, in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq. 2 vols., 4th ed. (London: Printed by H. S. Woodfall, for J. Dodsley, 1773). <Link to UVA E-Text Center>.

See also The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq; Most of Which Were Never Before Printed. In Two Volumes, With Decorations. (London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1764). <Link to Vol. 1 in Hathi Trust><Vol. 2><Vol. 3>

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