...not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Phcobus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor...

...shade, Or with the tangles of Neicra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, 70 (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...And slits the thin-spun life. "But not the praise," Line 30. "Where were ye f" "Tills burst la its magnificent as it in aflectinff."— Sir E. Brydgti....

...thankless Muse ! Fame is the spur which the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the...life. " But not the praise," Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil...

...spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights and live laborious days : £nt the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to...And slits the thin-spun life,— But not the praise !"— MILTON. LET us look into the apartment of a young lawyer preparing his first great case. The...

...not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Nesera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor on the glistering foil...

...well does Milton say: " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, That last infirmity of a noble mind, To scorn delights, and live laborious...shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise — " Of our endless novelists, what more shall be recorded of the larger portion than that they write...

...shade, Or with the tangles of Ne;pra'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, 15 And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Une so. w Where were ye I" "This bunt Isas...

...enchanting son? Whom universal Nature did lament, When by the rout that made the hideous roar His goary visage down the stream was sent, Down the swift Hebrus...thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears. MILTON. Па тго/с' ар' %(г6' ока A.á(pvK етакето ', Qvae...

...verse ; and therefore it continually tortures the ear. 1 See Lycidas, line 70, et seq. " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life." 2 There are two Sonnets to Cyriack Skinner, the 21st and 22d of Milton's Sonnets. Admires two songs...

...sloth. True Fame has been beautifully pictured by our great Epic poet, in his " Lycidas :" " 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. But not the praise, Phcebus replied, and touched...