 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 the abhorred...  Extracts from English Literature - Página 80por John Rolfe - 1867 - 383 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Milton - 1847 - 604 páginas
...Neaera's hair? 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...life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touch 'd my trembling ears. " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 páginas
...Neœra's hair I Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That lost infirmity of noble mind) shear», And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not the praise,' Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling... | |
 | 1847 - 806 páginas
...OF TiIE INNER TEMPLE, RARRISTER-AT-LAW. RT SAMUEL WARREN, OF TUR INNER TEMPLE, DARRISTER-AT-LAW. Bat the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. M U.TON. — Lycidas. THE name of John William Smith, barrister-at-law, of the Inner Temple, now appears,... | |
 | 1847 - 606 páginas
...the spnr that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, aud live laborious days : But the fair guerdon when we...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shear», And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phirbu i replied, and touched... | |
 | George Croly - 1849 - 416 páginas
...others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, < r with the tangles ofNemra's hair I Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, ( omes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not the praise,'... | |
 | Benjamin Hall Kennedy - 1850 - 364 páginas
...SCHILLER. Farne. 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...thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears. Vates Amans Naturae. Ut statuam fertur, miro perculsus amore, Pygmalion... | |
 | George Croly - 1850 - 442 páginas
...the tangles of Neiera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirunty of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious...to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, • omes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not the praise,'... | |
 | Arethusa Hall - 1851 - 422 páginas
...use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, — That last infirmity...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. K But not the praise," Phcebus replied, and touche<J my trembling ears; " Fame is no plant that grows... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 páginas
...watery bier Unwept, and welter to the parching wind, Without the meed of some melodious tear. ****** To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the...out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury, with abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 'But not the praise,' Phoebus replied, and touch'd my... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1853 - 716 páginas
...Neœra's hairî 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...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. ' Hut not the praise,' l'hœbus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows... | |
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