 To yield thy muse just half-a-crown per line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame: Still for stern mammon may...  English bards, and Scotch reviewers; a satire - Seite 12von George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1810Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | George Gordon Byron - 1994 - 884 Seiten
...crown per line ? No I when the sons of song descend to trade, Their baya are sear, their former laurels ron Stffl for stern Mammon may they toil in rain! And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain t Such be their... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1996 - 868 Seiten
...line? 175 No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame: Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain! 1 80 And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain! Such be... | |
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