 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1819 - 366 pages
...,'His gory visage down the stream was sent, /• 3Jown the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? g /. Alas ! what boots it with incessant care • /To tend...trade, .- And strictly meditate the thankless Muse > /- ', WeW it not better done, as others use, _, f To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, £ o Or with... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1819 - 380 pages
...Phoebus tips with fire," poor Burns was assuredly not one who neglected, for the sake of the Muses, " To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair." i -...', But it would be quite silly to trouble you with such minutiae as these ; — the true defect... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - 832 pages
...His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Ilebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! wliat boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted,...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Ncnera's liair ? Fame is tin; spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 296 pages
...hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the...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... | |
 | 1822 - 284 pages
...hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrns to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly medkate the thankless Muse? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - 492 pages
...hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the...others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or tvith the tangles of Neaera's hair? Leuon 158.] FIRST CLASS BOOK. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit... | |
 | 1823 - 858 pages
...discord, is " harmony not understood." Cry " Ivftiiut," and snap your fingers at controversy. Dare, ; as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair." If I go on longer at this rate, I shall get taken for Don Juan in disguise.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1824 - 1062 pages
...hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Their busy teachers mingled with the Jews, And rak'd...accompanies the flock. Some thought they God's anointed me the tangles of Neœra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear sp'rit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus, to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the...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 Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...T. Warton. L Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore ? Alas ! what boots it with incessant eare To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spi'rit doth raise (That last infirmity... | |
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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? 
