Note 353 — Chapter II · INDICATIONS OF A NEW ATTITUDE TOWARD NATURE IN THE POETRY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
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An excellent example is “Nancy of the Vale” which takes as its model,
Nerine Galatea! thymo mihi dulcior Hyblae! Candidior cygnis! hedera formosior alba,
but compares Nancy to the “wild-duck’s tender young,” to the water-lily on Avon’s side, her eyes to the azure plume of the halcyon, etc.