...UNDERTAKING; THE FRIENDS OF HIS PRIVATE LIFE, AND ADMIRERS OF HIS PROFESSIONAL EMINENCE. •*- Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last...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...

...studying the law a year or two, in the Temple, he travelled abroad, and died at Athens. " Fame is the spur, that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last...laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to gain, And think to burst forth into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And...

...Neaera's hair ? Fnme is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble minds) To scorn delights, and live laborious days; But the...we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden bluze, Comes the blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise,...

...o Or with the tangles of Nesra's hair ? ., L Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise L . (That last infirmity of noble mind) / To scorn delights,...find, £ • And think to burst out into sudden blaze, -f ,Comes the blind Fury with the' abhorred shears, /' ^ (., And slits the thin-spun life. ' But not...

...eare To tend the homely slighted shepherd's trade, And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it not better done as others use, To sport with Amaryllis...spi'rit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) 65 7063. Down the swift Hebrus to the Lesbian shore.'] In calling Hebrus swift, Milton, who is avaricious...

...which I wish to offer some remark, since the reference of Milton has not been noticed by Warton : Were it not better done, as others use To sport with Amaryllis...in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? These lines contain a sarcastic allusion to Buchanan, who often wandered from his severer studies...

...tend the homely, slighted shepherd's trade, C5 And strictly meditate the thankless Muse ? Were it r.ot better done, as others use, To sport with Amaryllis...in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera's hair ? 69 Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn...

...curiosity, or the hope of entertainment. With them no doubt both writers and readers, " Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...mind) . To scorn delights, and live laborious days :—" And we are always happy when " the fair guerdon" rewards at length their honourable and indefatigable...

...undone, whereby a notable mind might be made famous and fortunate.' Thus it is that, ' Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise, (That last...mind,) To scorn delights, and live laborious days.' But leaving the individual adventurer out of the question, the very spirit of enterprize, which such undertakings...

...religious influence puts into the hands of government should not be constantly perverted by * Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity...mind) To scorn delights, and live laborious days. LYCIDAS. VOL. H. C government to its own purposes; and in this inevitable abuse we discern another...