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Quotation from The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes by John Milton
“Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise”
The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes, Lycidas, l. 70 (Project Gutenberg #1745 (Beeching, Poetical Works))
The young poet's question why one should labour for fame when death may come before the reward; Phoebus answers him.
Citation: "Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise" — John Milton, The Shorter Poems and Samson Agonistes, Lycidas, l. 70 (Project Gutenberg #1745 (Beeching, Poetical Works)). (id milton-shorter-poems-and-samson-agonistes-q7)
