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idyll

or idyl

noun

  1. a short poem or prose work describing a simple, peaceful scene of rural or pastoral life
  2. a scene or incident suitable for such a work
  3. a narrative poem somewhat like a short epic: Tennyson's “Idylls of the King”
  4. Music a simple, pastoral composition

See idyll in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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