How to pronounce“guerdon”in English
nounThe poem continues at line seventy: Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise 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. It's the pursuit of fame,
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Definitions of “guerdon”
A reward, prize or recompense for a service; an accolade.
“For would she of her gentlenesse, Withouten more, me ones kesse, It were to me a great guerdoon. Release of all my passion […]”
To give such a reward to.
“And when thou see'st the Admiral ride by, Discharge thy musket, and perform his death; And then I'll guerdon thee with store of crowns.”