 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 pages
...fpirit doth raife (That laft infirmity of noble mind) ji To fcorn delights, and live laborious days j But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burft cut into fudden blaze, " RRO," Hor. On. i. xxv. zo. See alfoHuETiANA, Ixlv. If, however, a river... | |
 | 1793 - 376 pages
...fpirit doth raife 70 (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious dayes; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find. And think to burft out into fudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred fhears, 75 And flits the thin fpun... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - English poetry - 1793 - 388 pages
...fpirit doth raife 70 {That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious dayes ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burft out into fudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred fhears, 75 And flits the thin fpun... | |
 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...hair ? Fame is the fpur that the clear fp'rit doth nufe (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burftout into fudden blaze. Comes the blind Fury with th' all -jrred fhears, And flits the thin-fpun... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1800 - 842 pages
...? Fame is the fpur that the clear fpi'rit dothraife 70 (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, Aad think to buift out into fuddcn blaze. Comet the blind Fury with th' abhorred {hears, 75 And flits... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - English poetry - 1801 - 368 pages
...SCHILLER. 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 fair...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phœbus replied, and touched my trembling ears. Vates Amans Naturae. Ut statuam... | |
 | 1802 - 314 pages
...efteemed ; and it generally happens that lif.- is of too Ihort duration for that purpofe — ! . " But the fair guerdon when we hope to find And think to burft out into fudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred fhears And ffits the fpin-fpun... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English language - 1805 - 924 pages
...rake, That last infirmity of noble mind, To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the f.iii guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind fury with th' abhorred sheers, And slits the «6/n-spim life. Mi.'tvn. 77>/n-leaved arbute hazle-grafls receives,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 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, Pheebus reply'd, and touch'd... | |
 | Thomas Zouch - 1809 - 424 pages
...noble structure moulders into dissolution. " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise " To scorn delights, and live laborious days: " But the...out into sudden blaze, " Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears " And slits the thin-spun life." Milton's Lycidta, If it had pleased Divine Providence... | |
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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... 
