The Doric reed
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Pastoral poetry. Everything Doric was very plain, but cheerful, chaste, and solid.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “The Doric reed” mean?
Pastoral poetry. Everything Doric was very plain, but cheerful, chaste, and solid.
Is “The Doric reed” formal or informal?
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