 ... 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 they toil in vain...  English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers: A Satirevon George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 85 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Walter Scott - 1888 - 682 Seiten
...for fame ; Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain 1 And sadly (raze on gold they cannot gain 1 Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard 1 l:or this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid л long 'Good-night to Marmion."* merchandise, —... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1891 - 752 Seiten
...for fame : Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain 1 And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain ! nto thy depths with bubbling groan, Without a grave, unknell'd, uncoffin'd, and unkn 1 For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long ' good-night to Marmion.'* These are the themes... | |
 | Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - 1894 - 376 Seiten
...for fame. Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain ! And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain ! Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of...venal son, And bid a long " good night to Marmion." While Milton, Dryden, Pope, alike forgot, Resign their hallow'd bays to Walter Scott. The time has... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1897 - 352 Seiten
...for fame ; Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain ! And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain ! Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard 1 For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long ' Good-night to Marmion.' " means of enhancing... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 782 Seiten
...for fame ; Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain 1 And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain ! Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard ! an arrangement between an author and his publishers, if satisfactory to the persons concerned, could... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1900 - 420 Seiten
...for fame ; Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain ! And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain ! Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard ! an arrangement between an author and his publishers, if satisfactory to the persons concerned, could... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1900 - 604 Seiten
...for fame ; Still for stern Mammon may they toil in Tain ! And sadly gaze on gold they cannot gain 1 Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard 1 For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long " Good-night to Marmion." * MARMION A TALE OF... | |
 | James Lauren Ford, Mary K. Ford - 1902 - 470 Seiten
...their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame: Low may they sink to merited contempt,...For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long "good-night to Marmion." These are the themes that claim our plaudits now ; These are the bards to... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1903 - 532 Seiten
...their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre, not for fame : Low may they sink to merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt." Now, is it not almost incredible that this very Murray (the only remaining one of the booksellers whom... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1905 - 1092 Seiten
...cannot gain ! Such be their meed, such still the just reward 181 Of prostituted muse and hireling bard I For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long...night to Marmion.' These are the themes that claim onr plaudits now; These are the bards to whom the muse must bow; While Milton, Dryden, Pope, alike... | |
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