Aphra Behn and the Pastoral Ideal
Aphra Behn - 'The Golden Age' ( A pastoral poem) (1640- 1689) Image of Aphra Behn gratefully uploaded from the famouspeople.com website I “Blest age when ev'ry purling stream Ran undistrubed and clear, When no scorned shepherds on your banks were seen, Tortured by love, by jealousy, or fear; When an eternal Spring dressed ev'ry bough And blossoms fell, by new ones dispossessed "....... Aphra Behn ‘s poem ‘’The Golden Age’ was published in 1684 featured in a collection titled ‘Poems for...