Careful Words

climb (n.)

climb (v.)

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618):

Ah, who can tell how hard it is to climb

The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar?

James Beattie (1735-1803): The Minstrel. Book i. Stanza 1.

Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.

Sir Walter Raleigh (1552-1618):