Idyl

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A short poem; properly, a short pastoral poem; as, the idyls ofTheocritus; also, any poem, especially a narrative or descriptivepoem, written in an eleveted and highly finished style; also, byextension, any artless and easily flowing description, either inpoetry or prose, of simple, rustic life, of pastoral scenes, and thelike. [Written also idyll.]Wordsworth's solemn-thoughted idyl. Mrs. Browning.His [Goldsmith's] lovely idyl of the Vicar's home. F. Harrison.