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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... "
Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Ben Jonson ... - Page 20
by John Aikin - 1843 - 807 pages
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Poetical Works

John Milton - 1909 - 504 pages
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Sabrinae corolla in hortulis regiae scholae Salopiensis contextuerunt tres ...

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...And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phœbus replied, and touched my trembling ears. Vates Amans Naturae. Ut statuam fertur, miro perculsus...
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Cowley, Denham, Milton

Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1810 - 560 pages
...not better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade. Or with the tangles of Nezra's hair ? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth...is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies : But lives and spreads aji&fcjt'th'ose...
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Cowper's Milton [the poetical works, with life, notes and tr. by W. Cowper ...

John Milton - 1810 - 540 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...praise,*" Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears j " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor...
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Select Works of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - English poetry - 1820 - 832 pages
...others use, To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Ncnera's liair ? Fame is tin; 7" their jarring spheres confound. Together both...Michael from the armoury of God Was given him temper Phcobus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor...
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The British poets, including translations, Volume 17

British poets - 1822 - 296 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...is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumor lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

Classical poetry - 1822 - 284 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...slits the thin-spun life.. " But not the praise," Phoabus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears : " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor...
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The American First Class Book, Or, Exercises in Reading and Recitation

John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...CLASS BOOK. Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind,) To scorn delights and live laborious days ; . But...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,...
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Theatrum Poetarum Anglicanorum: Containing Brief Characters of the English ...

Edward Phillips - English poetry - 1824 - 310 pages
...Lycidas\ « Fame is the spur that ike clear spirit doth raise, ( That last infirmity of noble minds, ) To scorn delights , and live laborious days : But...is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour l1es, — But lives and spreads aloft by...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 1-2

British anthology - 1824 - 460 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...is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies ; But lives and spreads aloft by those...
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