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 - Strona 2321823Pełny widok - Informacje o książce
| Acrostics - 1865 - Liczba stron: 260
...cherubins.' 4. ' The chord alone that breaks at night, Its tale of ruin tells.' 5. ' Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair ? ' 6. ' I learn in this letter that Don Pedro of Arragon comes this night... | |
| Charles Stuart Calverley - 1865 - Liczba stron: 216
...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 ? Delicias Lycidam vestras sub vortice torsit? Nam neque vos scopulis... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1865 - Liczba stron: 784
...slighted shepherd's trade, g>, 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, 70 (That last infirmity... | |
| Frances Martin - 1866 - Liczba stron: 506
...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's5 hair. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
| Hubert Ashton Holden - 1866 - Liczba stron: 726
...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 Nea;ra's hair? Bl Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise — the last infirmity... | |
| Charles Stuart Calverley - 1866 - Liczba stron: 306
...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... | |
| 1866 - Liczba stron: 376
...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... | |
| 1866 - Liczba stron: 444
...all this courting of obloquy, all this spitting against the east wind ? " Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nenea'8 hair ? " But his measure of success or of wisdom differed somewhat from that... | |
| John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - Liczba stron: 574
...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... | |
| John Rolfe - 1867 - Liczba stron: 404
...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 spire that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
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