...shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the...we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. RBut not the praise,"...

...done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. RBut not the praise/' Phoebus replied,...