[113] [See Coleridge’s Miscellaneous Works, edited by T. Ashe: Bohn Library.]
[114] Turn to Milton’s Lycidas, sixth stanza—
Alas! what boots it with incessant care
To tend the homely slighted 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 tangles of Neæra’s hair?
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
(That last infirmity of noble mind)