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" Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness... "
The Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett - Page 167
by Samuel Johnson - 1868 - 254 pages
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Poems by Mr. Gray

Thomas Gray - 1768 - 200 pages
...Care, Grim-vifag'd comfortlefs Defpair, And Sorrow's piercing Jut. Ambition this fhall tempt to rife, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a Sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The ftings of Falfhood thofe fhall try, And hard Unkindnefs' alter'd eye, That mocks the -tear it forc'd...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray LL.B., Late Professor of Modern Languages ...

Thomas Gray - 1799 - 270 pages
...heart ; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye [4], That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen Remorse with blood defil'd, And moody Madness...
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The Poetical Works: Of Thomas Gray, ... with Some Account of His Life and ...

Thomas Gray - 1800 - 302 pages
...tooth, That inly gnaws the secret heart; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye [4], That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow; And keen Remorse with blood defil'd, And moody Madness...
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1804 - 224 pages
...heart ; And Envy wap, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter 'd eye [4], That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; [4] And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye. The...
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The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...whirl th« wretch from kigh , To bitter Scorn a sacrifice , And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falshood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye , That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen Remorse with blood defil'd , And moody Madness laughing wild Amid severest...
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Poetical Works

Oliver Goldsmith - 1806 - 248 pages
...heart! And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-viuag'd, comfortless Dsspair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. •> Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to How; And keen Remorse, with blood defil'd, And m3ody Madness* laughing wild Amid severest...
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The Poetical Preceptor; Or, A Collection of Select Pieces of Poetry ...

English poetry - 1806 - 408 pages
...heart, And envy wan, and faded care, Grim-visag'd comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...hard unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen remorse, with blood defil'd ; And moody madness, laughing wild Amidst severest...
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Cicero's epistles to Atticus, with notes, tr by W. Guthrie, Volume 1

Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1806 - 402 pages
...well illustrates sorni Jines in our admired Mr. Gray, Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then hurl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn a sacrifice And grinning infamy. JJJ, fco unaccustomed to insults, should yield to the impulses of grief and revenge. What will become...
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Poems on various subjects, selected by E. Tomkins

E Tomkins - 1806 - 280 pages
...And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd, comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Amhition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To hitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness'...
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The Works of Thomas Gray: Containing His Poems, and Correspondence ..., Volume 1

Thomas Gray - 1807 - 728 pages
...heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning infamy. The stings of Falshood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow;...
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