 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
 | 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 464
...slighted, shepherd's trade, 65 And strictly meditate the thankless Mi1se? 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 Milton - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 436
...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 Milton - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 116
...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 Neasra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise — That last infirmity... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...— but again, with significant echoes of names immortalized by other poets:15 Were it not better don 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... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1990 - عدد الصفحات: 208
...the homely slighted Shepherds trade And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better don as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? (Milton, Lycidas, 11. 64-69) 47:33. RC Coffin has pointed out that "bother!"... | |
 | John Milton - 1926 - عدد الصفحات: 360
...the homely slighted Shepherds trade, Andftriftly meditate the thanldes Muse, Were it not better don as others use, To Sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles o/Ncxia'shair? Fame is the Spur that the clear Spirit doth raise (That kff infirmity of... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - عدد الصفحات: 340
...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? (lines 64 9) There is a typical Miltonic ambiguity or duality here. Writing... | |
 | Clay Daniel - 1994 - عدد الصفحات: 194
...the homely slighted Shepherd's trade And stricty 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? (64-69) The swain's question focuses on the two issues that the poem's... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - عدد الصفحات: 936
...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 70 (That last infirmity... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - عدد الصفحات: 708
...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? (64-69) These lines must be read in their context. The sudden death of... | |
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