 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred...  A Manual of English Literature... - Σελίδα 448των Thomas Arnold - 1876 - 547 σελίδεςΠλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
 | Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 414 σελίδες
...noble structure moulders into dissolution. »' Fame is ihe spur that the clear spirit doth raise " To scorn delights, and live laborious days : " But...out into sudden blaze, " Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears " And slits the thin-spun life." Mihon's Ijycidas. « If it had pleased Divine... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 σελίδες
...better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, N2 Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fuiy with the abhorred shears-, And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Phffibus replied,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 σελίδες
...not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade. Or with the tangles of Nezra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) 71 To scorn delights and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think... | |
 | Henry Kirke White - 1811 - 544 σελίδες
...commonplace books he had written these mottoes. AAAA TAP E2TIN MOT2A KAI HMIN EURIP: MEDEA. 1091. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds), To scorn delight, and live laborious days. MILTON'S LYCIDAS, 70. Under these lines was placed... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 σελίδες
...not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, Audslitsthe thin-spun life. "But not the praise — (Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears... | |
 | David Lloyd - 1812 - 354 σελίδες
...the year is Spring. GRIFFITH & GWENDOLEN. A POETICAL FRAGMENT. ATTEMPTED IN MILTONIAN LYSIDEAN VERSE. But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out Into sodden bl /r, Comes the blind Fur; with Mi' ahhurn il shears, And slits the thin-spun Life. MirrnN.... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 σελίδες
...Fame ia the spur that the clear spi'rit doth raise 7A (That last infirmity of noble mind) To icorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to ('mil, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th1 abhorred shears, 75... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 538 σελίδες
...studying the law a year or two, in the Temple, he travelled abroad, and died at Athens. " Fame is the spur, that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last...laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to gain, And think to burst forth into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And... | |
 | George Dyer - 1814 - 566 σελίδες
...Athens. " Fame is the spur, that the clear spirit «l©th jraase, (That last infirmity >©f noble Blind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to gain, And think to burst forth into sudden blaze, Conies 'the Wind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And... | |
 | 1755 - 262 σελίδες
...that best reward of their literary labours, (independently of their expeditious sale,) "THAT FAME, the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, " (That last infirmity of noble minds) " To scorn delight, and live laborious days,* blow out their midnight lamp, and extinguish their... | |
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