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conceal its consequent deprivations and miseries;
the sentiments must be finer and more delicate than
those of real shepherds, and they must be given
the simplest form possible. He finds the Aminta
an excellent exercise in simplicity, far superior to
the Pastor Fido. In every way the pastoral must
avoid the burden and grossness of reality, and pro-
duce for the pleasure of the refined reader an
atmosphere of tranquillity. "Alors on a le cœur
rempli, et non pas troublé; on a des soins, et non
pas des inquiétudes; on est remué, mais non pas
déchiré; et ce mouvement doux est precisement
tel que l'amour du repos, et que la paresse naturelle
le peut souffrir." 1 And the shepherds who repre-
sent this life must not be sombre, jealous, angry,
desperate, but tender, simple, delicate, faithful, and
filled with hope.

Pastorals constructed upon these rules Waldberg
terms the product of fashion, as indeed they are. 2
The artistry of such poems represents
an entire school, mainly concerned in
dressing their shepherds very much as
they like, and in refusing to see them dressed as
they really are. In fact, the two large schools of
the pastoralists may be aptly described as idealistic
and realistic; the idealists with artificial, raffiniert
tendencies, the realists somewhat subject to coarse-
ness and rusticity. Both schools carried to the
extreme are likely to become either ludicrous or

Two schools
of pastoral
poetry.

____________________
1 Fontenelle, p. 11.
2 Waldberg, p. 84.

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Publication Information: Book Title: English Pastoral Drama, from the Restoration to the Date of the Publication of the "Lyrical Ballads": (1660-1798). Contributors: Jeannette Marks - author. Publisher: Methuen. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1908. Page Number: 20.
    
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