 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 páginas
...shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair % Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, 70 (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, 75 And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Line 50. " Where... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 páginas
...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 the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not the praise ' Phoebus replied,... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1861 - 362 páginas
...will tell you that it is no better than a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' 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 — ' " " Ah, but," said Carlton, " you... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1861 - 360 páginas
...will tell you that it is no better than a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' 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 — ' " " Ah, but," said Carlton, " you... | |
 | 1861 - 356 páginas
...grace a noble monument. BARTON. THE FALL — (See ADAM.) FALSEHOOD — (See DEcErr.) 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 the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. MILTON. What so foolish as the chase of... | |
 | John Milton - 1861 - 734 páginas
...shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair \ Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise 70 (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...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... | |
 | 1885 - 1098 páginas
...by the wells of Gakdul, his cherished memory and heroic example still remain with us. " 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 the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life." 1885.] Musings without Method: MUSINGS... | |
 | Louis Lohr Martz - 1986 - 388 páginas
...with significant echoes of names immortalized by other poets:15 Were it not better don as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the...Noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious dayes; But the fair Guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 páginas
...Rejecting the erotic, Milton moves directly to the traditional motivation for poetry, 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. (lines 70-6) But the fame topos is given... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 páginas
...hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise 70 (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scom delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon...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,... | |
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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 fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury... 
