3.pastoral- (used with regard to idealized country life) idyllically rustic; "a country life of arcadian contentment"; "a pleasant bucolic scene"; "charming in its pastoral setting"; "rustic tranquility" arcadian,bucolic rural- living in or characteristic of farming or country life; "rural peo...
the ghosts of bounty that harvest yields. Now with our steed strong and staid, we made our way through the glade. Past the rustic cider mill, along the coast and up a hill, then onto Main Street, straight on down through the quaint, romantic town. Toward the chiming, white church st...
The poem has a rustic, timeless setting. It seems to take place more in a mythical landscape than a real one (especially because its hero, Aengus, is a god in Irish myth). The specific features Aengus mentions include a "hazel wood" (forest full of hazel trees), a "stream" with "tr...
A small sacred, holy space cloistered in the edge of the woods a place for reflection, meditation for fellowship and calming settling into the arms of the creation the quiet of the pines the smell of blueberry and moss of birth, flowering, decay the cycle of life ordered and balanced still...
The shepherds on the lawn,Or ere the point of dawn, Sate simply chatting in a rustic row;Full little thought they thanThat the mighty Pan Was kindly come to live with them below:Perhaps their loves, or else their sheep,Was all that did their silly thoughts so busy keep; ...
Lee's protagonist Anne Brown is taken from rustic Italy to the metropolitan center of London where she is offered a rare glimpse into a society caught in almost mechanistic hierarchies producing assembly-line art as an extension of ideology. To this inhuman system, Lee offers an alternative ...
He welcomes him to enjoy the rustic scene where a rusted tractor stands by. In an epigrammatic tone, he tells his Averill that the world was never too small. The advanced transportation brought the regions closer. He goes on to share the story of Spanish conquistador Coronado who once ...
I made the reed into a rustic pen, and I dyed water to make ink. Then I wrote down my joyful songs so that every child can take delight in them. “Introduction (Songs of Innocence)” Themes Creative Inspiration The "Introduction" to Blake's great collection Songs of Innocence claims to...
Fabricius and Camillus lov'd a life Of sweet simplicity and rustic joy; And from the busy Forum hast'ning far, 'Midst woods and fields spent the remains of age. How grateful to behold the harvests rise And mighty crops adorn the golden plains?
Rustically solemn or in rustic laughter Lifting heavy feet in clumsy shoes, Earth feet, loam feet, lifted in country mirth Mirth of those long since under earth Nourishing the corn. Keeping time, Keeping the rhythm in their dancing As in their living in the living seasons ...