 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
 | John Milton - 1853 - 372 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, To sport with Amaryllis7 in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit... | |
 | Wiltshire Stanton Austin, John Ralph - English poetry - 1853 - 448 pages
...Franciscan licensers did not think, or that like Byron, he was wont, in the soft and sunny south— " To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neeera's hair." find him again in England, as diligent as ever with his pen. He now wrote " Bartholomew Fair," and... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse f Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, r with the tangles ofNeeera'shair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | John Milton - 1855 - 644 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 - Bookbinding - 1855 - 564 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 Neoera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 574 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 Nercca's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise — That last infirmity... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1856 - 154 pages
...boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly mediti.te 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 hairT This most melodious passage has often been quoted, but the source of... | |
 | Joseph William Jenks - English poetry - 1856 - 578 pages
...care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse? AVere Ɠ ( 4 7q dR Q pK `>]܌ ` >d d AkhhE q+ - Ʋ | h NM Z the tangles of Norœa's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise — That last infirmity... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...shore ? Alas ! what boots it with unccssant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, $5 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse '. Were it...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neicra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, 70 (That last infirmity... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1858 - 274 pages
...stanza — " 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... | |
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