Encouraged by the passage of the Enclosure Acts, three years after this work's initial publication George Crabbe wrote a pessimistic reply. The author tells us that the titular entity is the "loveliest of the lawn," all of whose charms are withdrawn and in which "desolation saddens all thy green." Including a concluding four lines written by the author's friend Samuel John
Encouraged by the passage of the Enclosure Acts, three years after this work's initial publication George Crabbe wrote a pessimistic reply. The author tells us that the titular entity is the "loveliest of the lawn," all of whose charms are withdrawn and in which "desolation saddens all thy green." Including a concluding four lines written by the author's friend Samuel Johnson, for ten points name this poem that nostalgically recalls rural and rustic England and was written by Oliver Goldsmith.
Encouraged by the passage of the Enclosure Acts, three years after this work's initial publication George Crabbe wrote a pessimistic reply.
{Deserted Village}