...sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair? 7529 'Lycidas' Fame is the And who are you? said he. Don't puzzle me, said 1 1 130 Tristram Shandy '-d!' said my Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 7530 'Lycidas' Fame is no plant that grows...

...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...mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days. (64-72) In the mourning swain's meditation on Lycidas and himself as toiling apprentice poets, Renato...

...the thankless Muse? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Hid with the tangles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur...delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon where we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred...

...famous lines present an influential expression of the Renaissance sense of posthumous fame: Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...think to 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...

...much as a castration: Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of nohle mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days;...think to burst out into sudden blaze. Comes the blind Fury with th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. (70-6) In response to this crisis, the...

...2 Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the (angles of Neaera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear...mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days. 'Lycldas' lift 581 1. ft" 3 Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun...

...not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaeras hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. "But not the praise," Phoebus repli'd,...

...Milton, in Lycidas (1637), substitutes Fury for Fate as he ponders the fortune of man: Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. leb,(s)lab: loose, hanging (as the lip),...

...shade, Or with the tangles of Ntatra's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise 7° (That last infirmity of Noble mind) To scorn delights,...think to burst out into sudden blaze. Comes the blind Fury with th 'abhorred shears, 75 And slits the thin-spun life. "But not the praise," Phoebus repli'd,...

...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...think to 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,...