 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...  The Poetical Works of John Milton - Page 126by John Milton - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1838 - 224 pages
...himself in vain." VOL. I.— L 122 THOUGHTS. CHAPTER II. " Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To strictly meditate the thankless muse ; Were it not...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ?" MILTON'S Lyadat. THERE is nothing more salutary to active men than... | |
 | John Milton - 1839 - 496 pages
...Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, 65 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it...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... | |
 | Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...Lesbian shore 1 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 Neaera's hair * Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...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 of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1841 - 840 pages
...Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To lend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, Sir Robert, Whose counsels aid the sovereign power...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 - London (England) - 1842 - 322 pages
...poet said— " 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 Nescra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last infirmity... | |
 | John Milton - 1843 - 364 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 Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 830 pages
...Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, ncouth and obscure, Far on excursion toward the gates...legion (such command we had) To see that none Jhe the tangles of Nesera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1843 - 826 pages
...incessant care To tend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse t . the tangles of Netera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit dolh raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1844 - 468 pages
...wonder that he disquiets himself in vain." CHAPTER II. " Alas 1 what hoots it with incessant care, To strictly meditate the thankless Muse ; Were it not...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... | |
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