 Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is...  The Public School Speaker - Page 313by Francis Warre Cornish - 1900 - 570 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...enchanting son Whom universal Nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles pf Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that. the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 pages
...enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, 60 When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade. Or with the tangles of Nezra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus...others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, N2 Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus...others use, " To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, N2 I LfCIDAS. IST That not a blast was from his dungeon stray'd ; The air was calm, and on the level... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...inchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent Down the swift Hebrus...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last infirmity... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...have done i What could the Muse herself that Orpheu* bore, The Muse herself for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When by the rout...shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse J Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shad*, Or with the tangles... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Ilebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! wliat boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted,...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Ncnera's liair ? Fame is tin; spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...enchanting son ; Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus...in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...done f • \Vhiit could* the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When, by the rout...others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or tvith the tangles of Neaera's hair? Leuon 158.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orphens bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When by the rout...in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,... | |
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