Alas! What boots it with with incessant care To tend the homely slighted shepherd,s trade, And strictly meditate the thankless muse? were it not better done as other use. To sport with Amaryllis in the shade, Or with the tangles of Neaera,s hair? Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (The last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights,and live labourious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst in out in sudden blaze, Comes the blind fury with th, abhorred shears, And Slits the thin spun of life ,But Not the praise Phoebus replied,and touched my trembling ears; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Not in the glistering foil set off to th, world ,nor in broad rumor lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all judging jove, As he pronounces lastly on each deed of so much fame in heaven except thy meed Poet :Jhon Milton Meanings: Boost-Use,incessant-continuous,Tend -take care,Homely Slighted-not respected task,Shepherd,s trade-Join the church,Muse-task,spur-inspiration,infirmity -weakness,scorn-hate,guerdon-reward,fury-fate,shears-cutting instruments,Phoebus-god,mortal soil -earth,aloft -heaven,pure eyes-god eyes
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