I know that all the muse's heavenly lays, With toil of sprite which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of few or none are sought, That there is nothing lighter than mere praise. Retrospective Review - Page 361edited by - 1824Full view - About this book
| 1908 - 434 pages
...only true delights. But that which has most appealed to me is one of his first to Miss Cunningham. 1 know that all beneath the moon decays, And what by...fairest states have fatal nights and days ; I know how all the Muse's heavenly lays, With toil of spright which are so dearly bought, As idle sounds,... | |
| American poetry - 1923 - 748 pages
...kneele down before you: But (indeed) to pray for the Queene." Henry IV. \245. "An! WOULD 'TWERE so." I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what...fairest states have fatal nights and days; I know how all the Muse's heavenly lays, With toil of spright which is so dearly bought, As idle sounds, of... | |
| Washington Irving - Fiction - 1983 - 1198 pages
...Achilles, or the far famed Portland vase. The Mutability of Literature A Colloquy in Westminster Abbey I know that all beneath the moon decays, And what...mortals in this world is brought, In time's great period shall return to nought. I know that all the muses' heavenly laves, With toil of sprite which... | |
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