 | John Bell - English poetry - 1788 - 628 pages
...Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, 65 And striftly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nezra's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spi'rit doth raise 70 (That last infirmity... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 564 pages
...But not the AIjs ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it...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... | |
 | John Milton - 1815 - 236 pages
...Lesbian shore ? Alas! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trad*, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nertua's hair ? Fame is the spur (hat the clear spi'rit doth raise {That last infirmity... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 490 pages
...shore? bore, Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it...done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shack, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That... | |
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...mistress, to his devotion for whom Milton was sup.' posed, by Wanton, to have alluded in those lines: “Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nurse's hair.” In Nieram. “lila mihi semper priesenti dura Neara, Me, quoties absum,... | |
 | Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 pages
...Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it...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 mind; To scorn delights,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it...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 mind) To scorn delights,... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1823 - 434 pages
...Lesbian shore? 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, • The isles of Anglesey and of Man have both shared this title. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade,... | |
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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 1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) 
