Goldsmith and Cowper.  Topicality of "The Deserted Village." Enclosures.  Goldsmith compared to Gray: Fields beloved in vain.  Country Churchyard, and the speaker's exile from the world he describes.  The evanescence of that world that <em>seemed</em> timeless.  Cowper: Sapphics in the "Lines written during a period of insanity." "The Castaway."  Like Goldsmith and Gray, about vicarious experience.

Goldsmith and Cowper. Topicality of "The Deserted Village." Enclosures. Goldsmith compared to Gray: Fields beloved in vain. Country Churchyard, and the speaker's exile from the world he describes. The evanescence of that world that seemed timeless. Cowper: Sapphics in the "Lines written during a period of insanity." "The Castaway." Like Goldsmith and Gray, about vicarious experience.

Goldsmith and Cowper.&nbsp; Topicality of "The Deserted Village." Enclosures.&nbsp; Goldsmith compared to Gray: Fields beloved in vain.&nbsp; Country Churchyard, and the speaker's exile from the world he describes.&nbsp; The evanescence of that world that <em>seemed</em> timeless.&nbsp; Cowper: Sapphics in the "Lines written during a period of insanity." "The Castaway."&nbsp; Like Goldsmith and Gray, about vicarious experience.

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