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THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE WALNUT-TREE OF BOARSTELL: ECLOGUE by WILLIAM BASSE

First Line: JASPER A SWAYNE VPON THE COTSWOLD HILL
Last Line: (AT THE DESIRE OF IASPER) THUS REPEATED.
Subject(s): COUNTRY LIFE; SHEPHERDS & SHEPHERDESSES; WALNUTS;
IASPER a Swayne vpon the Cotswold hill,
And Ieffrey, Shepheard on the banks of Thame,
Together met (as sometimes Shepheards will),
Iasper, who of a tale had heard the fame
That Iefferye told, desires to heare the same,
Which gentle Iefferye, easily entreated,
(At the desire of Iasper) thus repeated.



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