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" 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 - Page 6
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1809 - 54 pages
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 60

England - 1846 - 790 pages
...— " 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...just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard ! " Now these, although they have passed current in the world for some thirty years, are in reality...
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English bards, and Scotch reviewers: a satire

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1819 - 80 pages
...line? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade , Their bays are sear , their former laurels fade. in Let such forego the poet's sacred name , "Who rack...not for fame : Low may they sink to merited contempt , Aud scorn remunerate the mean attempt ! Such be their meed , such still the just reward Of prostituted...
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Les počtes anglais et les auteurs de L'Edinburg review: satire traduite de l ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1821 - 156 pages
...to trade , Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred naine , Who rack their brains for lucre , not for fame : Low may they sink to merited contempt , Aud scorn remunera te the mean attempt ! \ Ou que , dans la nuit sombre , au fond d'un noir caveau...
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English Bards and Scotch Reviewers: A Satire. Ode to the Land of the Gaul ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 106 pages
...line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. 170 Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their...merited contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt I Such be their meed, such st ; ll the just reward Of prostituted Muse and hireling Bard! For this...
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The Country constitutional guardian and literary magazine [ed. by J.M. Gutch].

John Mathew Gutch - 1822 - 584 pages
...the sons of song descend lo trade, Their bays are sere, their former laurels fade ; Let such forego a Poet's sacred name, Who rack their brains for lucre...contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt.' Раде 1 8. Entfall Bards. 3d Edit, " Fear not to lie, 'twill seem a lucky hit ; Shrink not from...
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English bards and Scoth [sic] reviewers; a satire

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1822 - 102 pages
...line? No! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laurels fade. 170 Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their...lucre , not for fame : Low may they sink to merited coutempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt ! Such be their meed, such still the just reward Of...
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The Literary and Scientific Repository, and Critical Review, Volume 1

1820 - 558 pages
...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.' On SOUTHEY he commences as follows ; — ' With eagle pinion soaring to the skies, Behold the ballad-monger...
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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With Lord Byron's English ...

William Collins, Thomas Gray, James Beattie, George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - English poetry - 1824 - 478 pages
...? No ! when the sons of song descend to trade, Their bays are sear, their former laarels fade. 170 Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their...contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt! Such be theirmeed, such still the just reward Of prostituted muse and hireling bard ! For this we spurn Apollo's...
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The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron, Volume 2

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 340 pages
...are sear, their former laurels fade. Let such forego the poet's sacred name, Who rack their hrains for lucre, not for fame: Low may they sink to merited...contempt, And scorn remunerate the mean attempt! Such he their meed, such still the just reward Of prostituted Muse and hireling hard! For this we spurn...
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Anecdotes of Lord Byron: From Authentic Sources; with Remarks Illustrative ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1825 - 238 pages
...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...remunerate the mean attempt ! Such be their meed, and still the just reward Of prostituted Muse, and hireling bard ! For this we spurn Apollo's venal...
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