...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...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise — " Of our endless novelists,...

...pictured by our great Epic poet, in his "Lycidas:" " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus replied, and touched my trembling ears." is a singular idea to cling with such tenacity to so frail a memento, especially...

...pictured by our great Epic poet, in his " Lycidas :" " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phcebus replied, and touched my trembling ears." is a singular idea to cling with such tenacity to...

...1 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise •;"/'.',,,,» l,i-! infirmity of noble mindi) To scorn delights, and live laborious days ; But the...shears, And slits the thin-spun life. — " But not the praitt," Phoebus reply'd, and touth'd my trembling ear* ; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil,...

...tortures the ear. 3 See Lycidas, line 70, et seq. " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears. And slits the thin-spun life." 4 There are two Sonnets to Cyriack Skinner, the...

...Or with the tangles of Nosera's hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That l»st infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears And slits the thin-spun Míe." The fancy then changes. After a strain of higher...

...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...burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, 75 And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Line 50. " Where were...

...spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble rnind) To scorn delights, aiid live laborious days ; But the fair guerdon when we...th" abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life -' " "Ah, but," said Garitón, "you must not omit the answer, and a noble one it is — ' But not the...

...a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life — ' " " Ah, but," said Carlton, " you must not omit the answer, and a noble one it is — ' But not...

...a bubble. What says your favourite Milton ? — ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,...th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life — ' " " Ah, but," said Carlton, " you must not omit the answer, and a noble one it is — ' But not...