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... The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical - Seite 115 herausgegeben von - 1779 Vollansicht -
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