...the thin-spun, life. ' But not the praise/ Pboebus replied, and touehed my trembling ears. ' Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set-otf to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, 80 But lives and spreads alofI by those pure eyes,...

...glory and power of the antique spirit to dwell in the modern mind. In Lycidas, Milton says, " Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world ; nor in broad rumour lies ,But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness...

...noble one it is — ' But not the praise, Phcebus replied, and touched my trembling ears ; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lice ; But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness...

...Immediately after the lines I quoted from Lycidas, Milton turns to a different kind of fame. ("Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, / Nor in the glistering foil / Set off to th' world, nor in broad rumour lies, / But lives and spreds aloft by those pure eyes, / And perfet...

...Vergil's Eclogue Six (3-5): But not the praise, Phoebus repli'd, and touch'd my trembling ears; Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to th'world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreds aloft by those pure -eyes, And perfet witnes of all judging Jove;...

...what is the point when you won't be around to revel in it? The answer is rapidly presented: 'Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering...those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging )ove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heav'n expect thy meed.' (lines 78-84)...

...grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, 80 But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And...perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lasdy on each deed, Of so much fame in heaven expect thy meed.' O fountain Arethuse,105 and thou honoured...

...the thin-spun life. "But not the praise," Phoebus repli'd, and touch 'd my trembling ears; "Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. Nor in the glistering...foil Set off to th'world, nor in broad rumor lies, 80 But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces...

...applause as the spur, and the obtainment of it as a guerdon. There is a difficulty in these lines: Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil, Set off to the world. [70-2] It seems doubtful whether the metaphor of a plant in the first line is continued...

...(1. 74) by claiming that death will not touch Lycidas's reputation: "Fame is not plant that growns on mortal soil, / Nor in the glistering foil / Set off to th'world, nor in broad rumour lies" (11. 78-80). Phoebus, however, misses the point: Lycidas has not yet achieved fame, he...