 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 sidor
...doth raise 70 (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, 75 And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 sidor
...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...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phœbus replied, and touched my trembling ears. Vates Amans Naturae. Ut statuam... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 924 sidor
...rake, That last infirmity of noble mind, To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the f.iii guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind fury with th' abhorred sheers, And slits the «6/n-spim life. Mi.'tvn. 77>/n-leaved arbute hazle-grafls receives,... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 sidor
...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 life. But not the praise, Pheebus reply'd, and touch'd... | |
 | John Opie - 1809 - 312 sidor
...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." — FEW men have attained to eminence by a more irregular... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 sidor
...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...the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise,*" Phoebus replied, and touch'd my trembling ears j " Fame is no plant that grows... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 sidor
...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 life. " But not the praise," Phffibus replied,... | |
 | John Milton - 1812 - 78 sidor
...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...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... | |
 | David Lloyd - 1812 - 354 sidor
...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 Life. MirrnN.... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 sidor
...noble mind) To icorn delights, and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to ('mil, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th1 abhorred shears, 75 And slits the thin-spun life. " But not the praise," Phcebus reply'd, and touch'd... | |
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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... 
