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...gain ! 180 Such be their meed, such still the just reward u Of prostituted Muse and hireling bard I For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, And bid a long " good night to Marmion." 1 These are the themes that claim our plaudits now ; These are the Bards to whom the Muse must bow...

...mercenary bards Byron wrote: "Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre not for fame; Low may they sink to merited contempt,...remunerate the mean attempt; Such be their meed, such be the just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard." A Nebraska lady complained to her country...

...not for fame; Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vainl And sadly gaze on sold they cannot gain! Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of...For this we spurn Apollo's venal son. And bid a long " Good-night to Marmion." ' Byron's Works, vol. vii, pp. 235-6-l of the poem was so far beyond their...

...former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, 1 7 1 Who rack their brains for lucre, ituations Marmion."4 These are the themes that claim our plaudits now ; These are the bards to whom the muse...

...laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their grains for lucre, not for fame t 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...

...be their meed, such still the jagt reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard t For this we sporn := oar plandits now ; These are the bards to whom the muse must bow; While Milton, Dryden, Pope, alike...

...for fame: Still for stern Mammon may they toil in vain! 1 80 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." 185 These are the themes that claim our plaudits now; These are the bards to whom the muse must bow;...

..."when the sons of song descend to trade, / Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. / . . . For this we spurn Apollo's venal son, / And bid a long 'good night' to Marmion."16 As recently as 1813, the affairs of both the publishing company and printing office in...