William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.
Song: ‘O’er the smooth enameld green’John Milton (1608–1674)
From ‘Arcades’
O
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.