Sentence:  Richmond, thy purling streams and pleasing shades, Might claim the chorus of Aonian maids ; Where e'en Apollo might his hours <WSD>bestow</WSD>, By turns employ his lyre, by turns his bow, Where all the pleasures dwell, which poets feign On fair Arcadia's fields or Tempe's plain. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To dispose of.