 Alas! what boots it with uncessant 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?  Blackwood's Magazine - Side 2321823Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 sider
...homely slighted shepherd's trade, 65 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 spur that the clear spirit doth raise 70 (That last infirmity... | |
 | John Aikin - 1841 - 840 sider
...homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, on every hour! What scene» of evil ho unravels, In satire» the tangles of Ncirra's hair Í Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last iniinnily... | |
 | John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 sider
...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 Nescra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity... | |
 | John Aikin - 1843 - 826 sider
...homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse t Were it not better done, s glorious, not profuse, And pompous buildings once were things of use. Yet shall, my ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit dolh raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) 71 To scorn... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 sider
...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 spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | 1844 - 616 sider
...question put by old Milton, in whose days the " Muse" was "thankless," viz., " Were it not better done as others use To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neœra's hair ?" IB now satisfactorily answered. As old men, we rejoice at the spirit... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1844 - 468 sider
...what hoots it with incessant care, To 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 Nesera's hair?" — MILTON'S Lycidas: THERE is nothing more salutary to active men than... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 sider
...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 shade, Or with the tangles of Nerera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise — That last infirmity... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 sider
...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 JVetsra's hair 1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 sider
...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 Neeera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
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