 | Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 страница
...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... | |
 | David Masson - 1859 - 714 страница
...spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days ; Bat, the fair guerdon when we hope to find And think to...the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun life." The fancy then changes. After a strain of higher mood, correcting what has just been said, and telling... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 766 страница
...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,...blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, 75 And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Line 50. " Where were ye ?" '" This burst is... | |
 | 1860 - 856 страница
...that it is no better than a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' Fame is the spur that tho clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble...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 - 1860 - 574 страница
...(That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days: But the fair g jerdon, when we hope to find, And think to burst out into...And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Phosbus replied, and touched my trembling ears: " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in... | |
 | 1861 - 356 страница
...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...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. MILTON. What so foolish as the chase of Fame ? How vain the prize! how impotent our aim! For what are... | |
 | William Edmondstoune Aytoun - 1861 - 362 страница
...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...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... | |
 | 1885 - 1098 страница
...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...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life." 1885.] Musings without Method: MUSINGS WITHOUT METHOD. EPIDEMICS AND ALCOHOL. IF, O reader, you have... | |
 | Thomas N. Corns - 1993 - 340 страница
...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...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 a striking... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 страница
...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... | |
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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... 
