 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...  Cowley, Denham, Milton - Page 473edited by - 1810Full view - About this book
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pages
...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...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, and touch... | |
 | William Riley Parker - 1996 - 708 pages
...not confided to Diodati his dreams of immortality? Edward King, too, must have hoped for fame, Out the fair guerdon when we hope to find And think to...the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life. (73^76) The word 'we' brings King back into the picture, and Milton is reminded of heavenly rewards.... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 686 pages
...7529 'Lycidas' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) '-d!' said my th'abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 7530 'Lycidas' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal... | |
 | Andrew Bennett - 1999 - 288 pages
...posthumous fame: 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...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... | |
 | Dennis Danielson - 1999 - 320 pages
...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; But the...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 poem initially... | |
 | Kent Gramm - 2001 - 350 pages
...Neaeras 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...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, and touch'd... | |
 | Joseph Twadell Shipley - 2001 - 688 pages
...fortune of man: 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...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), etc. Gk... | |
 | 2005 - 334 pages
...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...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 touch'd... | |
 | John Milton - 2006 - 66 pages
...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...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. RBut not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears: RFame is no plant that grows... | |
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