 | John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...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 th'...And slits the thin spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; 75 Lib. ii. p. 210. ed. Ven. 1604. Bowie. , TutKHtSe^iat,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neœra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear sp'rit qual folly call, Believing nothing, or believing all. Th' Egyptian rites the Jebusites em ; is. t the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sadden blaze, Comes the... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 428 pages
...others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spi'rit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) 65 70 63. Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore.] In calling Hebrus swift, Milton, who is avaricious... | |
 | George Clinton (biographer of Byron.) - 1825 - 314 pages
...such the disappointments which lie in wait to check the most honorable enterprises ! ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun... | |
 | Theology - 1825 - 658 pages
...curiosity, or the hope of entertainment. With them no doubt both writers and readers, " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...mind) . To scorn delights, and live laborious days :—" And we are always happy when " the fair guerdon" rewards at length their honourable and indefatigable... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...hair ? Fame is the spur that the elear sp'rit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To seorn tlunk to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the... | |
 | George Clinton - Poets, English - 1825 - 826 pages
...such the disappointments which lie in wait to check the most honorable enterprises ! ' Fame it the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) Tii scorn delights and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to... | |
 | John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spi'rit doth raise (That last...the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin spun... | |
 | English literature - 1826 - 644 pages
...undone, whereby a notable mind might be made famous and fortunate.' Thus it is that, ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last...mind,) To scorn delights, and live laborious days.' But leaving the individual adventurer out of the question, the very spirit of enterprize, which such undertakings... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 pages
...this title. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? Faroe is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and UVC laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden... | |
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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... 
