 | 1846 - 790 pages
...sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame ; Low may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt ! Such be their...just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard ! " Now these, although they have passed current in the world for some thirty years, are in reality... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 156 pages
...j Si c'est pour de l'argent que vous vous fatiguez, Such be their meed , such still the just ravard Of prostituted Muse and hireling Bard ! For this we...Marmion ». These are the themes that claim our plaudits iiow; These are the Bards to whom the Muse must bow : While MILTON , DRYDEN , POPE alike forgot , Resign... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1821 - 486 pages
...sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame : Low may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt! Such be their meed,...hireling Bard ! For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And hid a long, « good night to Marmion (i). » These are the themes that claim our plaudits now; These... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 102 pages
...sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre , not for fame : Low may they sink to merited coutempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt ! Such be their...Marmion*. » These are the themes that claim our plaudits no w; These are the Bards to whom the Muse must bow ; * « Good night to Marmion » — the pathetic... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 106 pages
...sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt I Such be their meed, such st ; ll the just reward Of prostituted Muse and hireling Bard! For this we spurn Apollo's venal sou, And bid a long, « good night to Marmion*.» These are the themes that claim our plaudits no w... | |
 | William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1824 - 478 pages
...: Low may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt! Such be theirmeed, such still the just reward Of prostituted muse and...hireling bard ! For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And hid a long ' good night to Marmion.'* These are the themes that claim ourplauditsnow; These are the... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 340 pages
...not for fame: Low may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt! Such he their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted Muse and hireling hard! For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And hid a long " Good night to Marmion."* These are the... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825 - 238 pages
...may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt ! Such be their meed, and still the just reward Of prostituted Muse, and hireling...For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long ' good-night to Marmiom"* ficence ; and accuse the poet of ingratitude because he did not cringe, nor... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825 - 40 pages
...brains for lucre, not for fame ; Low may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the vain attempt! Such be their meed, such still the just reward ''".•' Of prostituted Muse and hireling bard ! man. The propriety of his magical lady's injunction not to read, can only be equalled by his candid... | |
 | George Gordon Noël Byron - 1826 - 804 pages
...Low may they sink to merited contempt. And Scorn remunerate the mean attempt! Such be their meed,such ; Or to some lonely i§le of jailors go, With turncoat Suuthcy for my turnkeyLowe. Sir Walter 594 595 These are the theme* that claim our plaudits now; These are the bards to whom the muse must... | |
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... line ? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame : Still... 
