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Definition of Idyls
1. idyl [n] - See also: idyl
Lexicographical Neighbors of Idyls
Literary usage of Idyls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"We have under his name 30 idyls, or pastoral poems, of which, however, several
arc probably by ... Most of his idyls have a dramatic form and consist of the ..."
2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... "Dramatic idyls" (1879-80) ... Robert Williams (b. August 18th, 1841). "
Undertones " (I860) , "idyls of ..."
3. A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Text-book for Schools and Colleges by John Seely Hart (1892)
"idyls.—Theocritus, the first who wrote in this style, called his pieces idyls.
... Hence also the title " idyls of the King," applied by Tennyson to a ..."
4. Little Masterpieces of English Poetry edited by Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig (1905)
"INTRODUCTION TH1S volume of Little Masterpieces of English Poetry contains idyls
and stories in verse. It covers a region lying between the ballad, ..."
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