Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise,
(That last infirmity of noble mind)
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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 th' abhorred shears,
And slits the thin-spun life.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

Fair ladies mask'd are roses in their bud.

The great put the little on the hooke.

The great put the little on the hooke.

With winsome cruelty she refuses.

With winsome cruelty she refuses.

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

The wearer knowes, where the shoe wrings.
[The wearer knows best where the shoe pinches.]

Each man has his fancy.

Each man has his fancy.

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.

Proverbs like the sacred books of each nation, are the sanctuary
of the intuitions.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

I escaped the Thunder, and fell into the Lightning.

After Death the Doctor.

After Death the Doctor.