 | John Milton - 1759 - 414 sider
...Fury with th' abhorred fhears, 75 And flits the thin-fpun life. But not the praife, Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil, Nor in the glift'ring foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumor lies, 80 But lives... | |
 | John Milton - 1759 - 420 sider
...Fury with th'abhorred ihears, 75 And flits the thin-fpun life. But not the praife, Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil T Nor in the glift'ring foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumor lies, 80 But lives... | |
 | 1781 - 512 sider
...Fury with th' abhorred fhears, And flits the thin-fpun life. ' But not the praife,* Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears ; ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil, * Nor in the glift'ring foil * Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, ' But lives... | |
 | John Scott, John Hoole - 1785 - 492 sider
...blind fury with th' abhorred fhears, And flits the thin-fpun life. But not the praife Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil, Nor in the gliftering foil, Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives... | |
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 sider
...Fury with th' abhorred shears, 75 And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears ; * Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad Rumor lies, 80 But lives... | |
 | John Milton - 1791 - 668 sider
...with th' abhorred -/hears, 75 And flits the thin-lpun life. " But not the praife," Phoebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears; " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil, <( Nor in the glift'ring foil , 75. Ctmes the Hind Fury with tU alhorred Jhtars.~\ In... | |
 | Joseph Ritson - 1793 - 388 sider
...Fury with th' abhorred fhears, 75 And flits the thin fpun life. But not the praife, Phoebus repli'd, and touch'd my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil, Nor in the gliftering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, 80 But lives... | |
 | 1793 - 376 sider
...Fury with th' abhorred fhears, 75 And flits the thin fpun life. But not the praife, Phoebus repli'd, and touch'd my trembling ears; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal foil, Nor in the gliftering foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, 80 But lives... | |
 | Shrewsbury (England). Royal School - 1801 - 368 sider
...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. But not the praise, Phœbus replied, and touched my trembling ears. Vates Amans Naturae. Ut statuam fertur, miro perculsus... | |
 | John Milton - 1807 - 434 sider
...blind Fury with th' abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. But not the praise, Pheebus reply'd, and touch'd my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glist'ring foil Set off to th' world, nor in broad Rumor lies, But lives and... | |
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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... 
