 | Robert Anderson - English poetry - 1795 - 740 pages
...in the fhaJc, Or with the tangles of Nexra's hair ? Fame is the fpur that the clear fp'rit doth nufe (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights,...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
...the (hade, Or with the tangles of Nexra's hair ? Fame is the fpur that the clear fpi'rit dothraife 70 (That laft infirmity of noble mind) To fcorn delights,...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
...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 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 pages
...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 fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun... | |
 | John Opie - Painting - 1809 - 312 pages
..." 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 abhorred, shears, And slits the thin spualLfe."... | |
 | John Opie (Maler, Grossbitannien) - Painting - 1809 - 314 pages
...•*- 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 (lank to burst out into sudden blaze,. Comes the blind Fury with abhorred shears,. And slits the thin... | |
 | William Hayley - Poets, English - 1810 - 418 pages
...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 fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fuiy with the abhorred shears-, And slits the thin-spun... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...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 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 pages
...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 fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, Audslitsthe thin-spun life.... | |
 | David Lloyd - 1812 - 354 pages
...the year is Spring. GRIFFITH & GWENDOLEN. A POETICAL FRAGMENT. ATTEMPTED IN MILTONIAN LYSIDEAN VERSE. But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out Into sodden bl /r, Comes the blind Fur; with Mi' ahhurn il shears, And slits the thin-spun... | |
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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... 
