 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, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair?  Bell's Edition - Page 113by John Bell - 1788Full view - About this book
 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 pages
...incessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade. And strictly meditate the thankless Muse J Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangle* ofJVeara'i hair 1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise •;"/'.',,,,» l,i-!... | |
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...care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, (55 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse 1 Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of N Basra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, 70 (That last infirmity... | |
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...Alas ! what boots it with ineessant eare To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strietly meditate the thankless Muse ? "Were it not better done, as others, use? To sport with Amaryllis in tKe shade^ Or with the tangles of Netera's hair ? ' Fame is the spur that the elear spirit doth raise... | |
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 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 356 pages
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 | John Milton, James Montgomery - 1861 - 548 pages
...better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis, in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neœra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise 70 (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And... | |
 | John Milton - Fall of man - 1861 - 534 pages
...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 of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, Ajid... | |
 | John Milton - English poetry - 1861 - 734 pages
...Alas I 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, To sport with Amaryllis 7 in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair \ Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1862 - 462 pages
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 | Charles Stuart Calverley - 1862 - 230 pages
...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...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 turn... | |
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