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Goldsmiths Sweet Auburn! loveliest village of the plain is fictional, or at least a composite. The poet is blending recollections of the Irish village of his boyhood, Lissoy, and the fruits of his more recent travels through the villages of England, which had undergone similar enclosures and depopulation. Goldsmiths political argument is also a moral one, and the shapeless ruin he sees in the landscape reflects the decadence produced by the pursuit of luxury. The enclosures are aggravated by what might be called privatisation by life-style, as The man of wealth and pride / Takes up a space that many poor supplied; / Space for his lake, his parks extended bounds, / Space for his horses, equipage and hounds.
Posted on: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 19:56:18 +0000

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