| Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1838 - 224 páginas
...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... | |
| 1838 - 760 páginas
...the ancient heathens. "The well-known and miraculous transfer of the head of Orpheus, ' Whose goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore,' might have made the propagators of the Christian legend blush for their own want of proficiency in... | |
| John Milton - 1839 - 496 páginas
...inchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, 60 When by the rout that made the hideous roar, His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus...care To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, 65 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with... | |
| 1840 - 372 páginas
...her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down 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... | |
| Fitz-Greene Halleck - 1840 - 372 páginas
...her enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore 1 Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly... | |
| John Aikin - 1841 - 840 páginas
...enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, 60 When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, ; lend the homely, slighted, shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse? Were it not... | |
| John Fisher Murray - 1842 - 322 páginas
...wilderness of London. Who does not love Horton and all about it, were it only that there the poet said— " Alas ! what boots it with incessant care To tend the...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 páginas
...her enchanting son, Whom universal nature did lament, When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down 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 Aikin - 1843 - 830 páginas
...When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, His gory visage down the stream was sent, Down the ewift or'd thee, and set Oa Man his equal love : say therefore...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 - 1843 - 826 páginas
...enchanting son, Whom universal Nature did lament, 60 When, by the rout that made the hideous roar, loft, and flounces round the pool, Indignant of the...guile. With yielding hand, That feels him still, yet t Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles... | |
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