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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... "
Our Poetical Favorites: A Selection from the Best Minor Poems of the English ... - Page 265
1871 - 449 pages
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ...

John Aikin - 1843 - 826 pages
...Netera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit dolh raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) 71 To scorn delights and live laborious days ; But the...blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spnn life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears j " Fame is no...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 1

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...hair! Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To sconi Phoobus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears; ' Käme is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 280 pages
...not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Ne&ra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.—"But not the praise" Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of JVetera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.—" But not the praise," Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of JVecera's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. — " But not the praise," Phoebus reply'd, and...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 278 pages
...others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of JVetsra's hair 1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise ( That last...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life.—" Hut not the praise," Phrebus reply'd, and touch'd...
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The American Whig Review, Volume 2

1845 - 732 pages
...Nesera's hair ? Fame is the Jspur that the clear spright 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 ! HUGH SWÏNTON LEGARE was sprung from that honorable...
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Imagination and fancy; or Selections from the English poets, with critical ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...Neeera'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" Phcebus reply'd, and touch'd...
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Encyclopædia metropolitana; or, Universal dictionary of ..., Volume 19

Encyclopaedia - 1845 - 852 pages
...Estay on Fuint'. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noblo mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with tli' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. Milton. Ly ciilat. PETILL. That man that loves...
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Imagination and Fancy: Or, Selections from the English Poets, Illustrative ...

Leigh Hunt - 1845 - 372 pages
...Nccera's hair 1 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 praiee," Phoebus reply 'd, and...
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