 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
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1867 - 428 sider
...and tone, seem to render any such hope preposterous. For him in all truth it is " not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair." He does not know how to conduct himself before such presences. He knows... | |
 | Frederic William Farrar - 1867 - 404 sider
...and tone, seem to render any such hope preposterous. For him in all truth it is " not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neiera's hair." He does not know how to conduct himself before such presences. He knows... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1867 - 448 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 Ncoeras' hair? ' " Both Sir George and De Vere kindled at this ; and the doctor himself... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1868 - 828 sider
...of the morn. Line 26. The gadding vine. Line 40. And strictly meditate the thankless Muse. Line 66. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Netera's hair. Line 68. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise1 (That last infirmity of noble mind) To... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 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 Neasra's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise — 70 That last infirmity... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 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 Nesera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | 1869 - 974 sider
...homely, alighted shepherd's trade, 65 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse P Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the (angles of Nerera'g AozV ? fame is the *;>ur that the clear spirit doth ro?«e 70 (That last infirmity... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1869 - 218 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 Nesera's hair ? " But my spirits revived when I thought that it was only a few rods... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1869 - 222 sider
...shepherd's trade, F SCHOOL RECORDS. 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 Xesera's hair ? " But my spirits revived when I thought that it was ouly a few rods... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 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 Nesera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last infirmity... | |
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