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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.

Song: ‘O’er the smooth enameld green’

John Milton (1608–1674)

From ‘Arcades

O’ER the smooth enameld green

Where no print of step hath been,

Follow me as I sing,

And touch the warbled string.

Under the shady roof

Of branching Elm Star-proof,

Follow me,

I will bring you where she sits

Clad in splendour as befits

Her diety.

Such a rural Queen

All Arcadia hath not seen.