 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 - الصفحة 2321823عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | John Milton - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 840
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 322
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 826
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 364
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 616
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 468
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 490
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 278
...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 - عدد الصفحات: 372
...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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