 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 shears And slits the thin-spun life.  Chaucer to Burns - Strana 112úprava: - 1876Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - Počet stránok 368
...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... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - Počet stránok 560
...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...praise," Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world,... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - Počet stránok 540
...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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - Počet stránok 78
...Nesera'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...blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, Audslitsthe thin-spun life. "But not the praise — (Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears... | |
 | John Aikin - 1820 - Počet stránok 832
...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Počet stránok 296
...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 : " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world,... | |
 | 1822 - Počet stránok 284
...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... | |
 | John Pierpont - 1823 - Počet stránok 492
...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,... | |
 | Edward Phillips - 1824 - Počet stránok 310
...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...praise , » Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears, « Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world,... | |
 | British anthology - 1824 - Počet stránok 460
...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 ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world,... | |
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