| Frederick Saunders - 1859 - 444 páginas
...pictured by our great Epic poet, in his "Lycidas:" " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus replied, and touched... | |
| Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 páginas
...1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise •;"/'.',,,,» l,i-! infirmity of noble mindi) To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. — " But not the praitt," Phoebus reply'd, and... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 páginas
...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...And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Line 50. " Where were ye ?" '" This burst is as magnificent as it is affecting." — Sir E. Brydges.... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 páginas
...raise, 7J (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the ftiir guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out...And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Line M. " Where were ye r" "This burst Uas magnificent a« It Is anVctins;.M— Sir E. Brylyrt. L.... | |
| 1860 - 856 páginas
...a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' Fame is the spur that tho clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Cornea the blind Fury with th' abhorred •hears, And slits the thin-spun life—' " "Ah, but," said... | |
| John Milton - 1861 - 734 páginas
...better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis 7 in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair \ Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, 1 ' Steep:' the mountains of Denbighshire.—* ' Mona:' the Isle of Man.— * 'Deva:' the English Dee... | |
| 1861 - 356 páginas
...— (See ADAM.) FALSEHOOD — (See DEcErr.) FAME. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights...blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. MILTON. What so foolish as the chase of Fame ? How vain the prize! how... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 páginas
...the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not the praise ' Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears... | |
| William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1861 - 362 páginas
...a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life — ' " " Ah, but," said Carlton, " you must not... | |
| William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1861 - 360 páginas
...a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life — ' " " Ah, but," said Carlton, " you must not... | |
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