1 | ->''But chiefly thou\ |
2 | In that clear air took'st life: in Arcady\ |
3 | The haunted, land of song; and by the wells\ |
4 | Where most the gods frequent. '' |
5 | -->'''Creator/RobertLouisStevenson''', ''Et Tu In Arcadia Vixisti'' |
6 | |
7 | ->'''Elder Brother.''' Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed\ |
8 | The huddling brook to hear his madrigal,\ |
9 | And sweetened every musk-rose of the dale.\ |
10 | How camest thou here, good swain? Hath any ram\ |
11 | Slipped from the fold, or young kid lost his dam,\ |
12 | Or straggling wether the pent flock forsook?\ |
13 | How couldst thou find this dark sequestered nook? |
14 | --->--'''Creator/JohnMilton''', ''Theatre/{{Comus}}'' |
15 | |
16 | ->''How sweet is the Shepherd’s sweet lot!\ |
17 | From the morn to the evening he strays;\ |
18 | He shall follow his sheep all the day,\ |
19 | And his tongue shall be filled with praise.\ |
20 | \ |
21 | For he hears the lamb's innocent call,\ |
22 | And he hears the ewe's tender reply;\ |
23 | He is watchful while they are in peace,\ |
24 | For they know when their Shepherd is nigh.'' |
25 | -->--'''Creator/WilliamBlake''' |
26 | |
27 | ->''Some readers cannot enjoy the shepherds because they know (or they say they know) that real country people are not more happy or more virtuous than any one else; but it would be tedious here to explain to them the many causes (reasons too) that have led humanity to symbolize by rural scenes and occupations a region in the mind which does exist and which should be visited often. If they know the region, let them try to people it with tram conductors or policemen, and I shall applaud any success they may have; if not, who can help them?'' |
28 | -->-- '''Creator/CSLewis''', ''The Allegory of Love: A Study in Medieval Tradition'' |
29 | |
30 | ->''A sylphlike view, an old mirage\ |
31 | A paragon of beauty\ |
32 | A land of leal under skies divine..'' |
33 | -->-- '''Edenbridge''', "The Grand Design" |
34 | |
35 | ->'''Narrator:''' The pastoral vista... beauty and serenity in a single landscape... humans are practically hard-wired to find themselves at peace in places like this.\ |
36 | '''Tagon:''' ''Crap''. I must be dead. |
37 | -->-- ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', [[https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2016-12-05 December 5th 2016]] |
38 | |
39 | ->''"Doesn't this town remind you of a village in a fairy tale...?"'' |
40 | -->-- '''Mary''', ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonFriendsOfMineralTown'' |
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