The speaker of this poem notes that "Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise" after wondering why he doesn't "sport with Amaryllis in the shade" like others do.
The speaker of this poem notes that "Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise" after wondering why he doesn't "sport with Amaryllis in the shade" like others do. As this poem ends, "the still morn went out with sandals gray," and its speaker "rose, and twitch'd his mantle blue," to leave for "fresh woods, and pastures new." Near the end of this poem, its title character is said to "[trick] his beams, and with new spangled ore [flame] in the forehead of the morning sky." The speaker of this poem poses as (*) unready to write it, saying that he comes "Yet once more" to pluck the Muses' "berries harsh and crude / And with forc'd fingers rude." Its speaker asks "Where were ye, Nymphs, when the remorseless deep clos'd o'er the head of" its title character, referencing his death by drowning. For 10 points, name this pastoral elegy for Edward King, a mid-length poem by John Milton.
The speaker of this poem notes that "Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise" after wondering why he doesn't "sport with Amaryllis in the shade" like others do.
“{Lycidas}”