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Brewer's: Eclogue

(2 syl.). Pastoral poetry not expressed in rustic speech, but in the most refined and elegant of which the language is capable. (Greek, meaning “elegant extracts,” “select poetry.”)…

Calpurnius

(Encyclopedia) Calpurnius (Titus Calpurnius Siculus)Calpurniuskălpûrˈnēəs [key], fl. 1st cent. a.d., Roman poet. His Eclogues (seven pastorals) imitate Vergil with grace and charm.

Davidson, John

(Encyclopedia) Davidson, John, 1857–1909, Scottish poet. After teaching in Scotland he went to London. There, struggling with poverty and illness, he wrote Fleet Street Eclogues (1893; Ser. 2, 1896…

Belleau, Remy

(Encyclopedia) Belleau, RemyBelleau, Remyrāmēˈ bĕlōˈ [key], 1528–77, French poet of the Pléiade (see under Pleiad). His Bergerie (1565), a collection of poems in a framework of prose, celebrates…

Barclay, Alexander

(Encyclopedia) Barclay, AlexanderBarclay, Alexanderbärˈklē, –klā [key], 1475?–1552, Scottish clergyman and poet. Although the first to write pastoral eclogues in English, he is best known for The…

Palmer, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Palmer, Samuel, 1805–81, English landscape watercolorist, etcher, and mystic. Under the influence of William Blake he produced in sepia a series of remarkable visionary drawings of…

Stobaeus, Joannes

(Encyclopedia) Stobaeus, JoannesStobaeus, Joannesjōănˈēz stōbēˈəs [key], fl. 5th cent.? a.d., Greek anthologist. He made a large collection of excerpts from poets and prose writers on a variety of…

Garcilaso de la Vega, Spanish poet

(Encyclopedia) Garcilaso de la VegaGarcilaso de la Vegagärthēläˈsō ᵺā lä vāˈgä [key], 1503?–1536, lyric poet of the Spanish Golden Age, b. Toledo. Garcilaso, the embodiment of the cultured and gifted…

Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley

(Encyclopedia) Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley, 1689–1762, English author, noted primarily for her highly descriptive letters. She was the daughter of the first duke of Kingston. In 1712 she married…