 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
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of JVetera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 pages
...have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son. Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Ne&ra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nccera's hair 1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting sou, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of JVetsra's hair 1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...have done ? What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When, by the rout...the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate0 the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the... | |
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 pages
...have done ? What could the Muse herself, that Orpheus 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 Muse7 Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 pages
...have done 1 What could the Muse herself, that Orpheus 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 1 Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, < r with the tangles... | |
 | John Milton - 1850 - 704 pages
...that have What could the Muse herself that Orpheus bore, The Muse herself, for her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of NeaBra's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last infirmity... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1851 - 282 pages
...the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hfibrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of JVetera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 pages
...roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus, to the Lesbian shore ? Alas T what boots it, with incessant care To tend the homely,...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 minds, — To... | |
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