Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy, with rankling tooth, That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt... The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray - Page 6by Thomas Gray - 1858 - 120 pagesFull view - About this book
| English poetry - 1826 - 310 pages
...show them where in ambush stand, To seize their prey, the murd'rous band Ah, tell them they are men ! These shall the fury Passions tear, The vultures of...mind, Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame that sculks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth Or Jealousy, with rankling tooth, That inly... | |
| Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...spirit, or a hroken heart, may hind him to a foreign shore ; " Or pining Love, Or Jealousy with raokling tooth, That inly gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan. and faded Care, Grim visag'd, comfortless repair! And Sorrow's piercing dart !" But there are moments when even these... | |
| William Enfield - Elocution - 1827 - 412 pages
...them where in ambush stand, To seize their prey, the murd'rous band t Ah, tell them, they are men ! These shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of...gnaws the secret heart, "And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then... | |
| Thomas Gray, William Mason - Poetics - 1827 - 468 pages
...them where in ambush stand To seize their prey the murth'rous band ! Ah ! tell them, they are men ! These shall the fury Passions tear, The vultures of...gnaws the secret heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then... | |
| Thomas F. Walker - English poetry - 1830 - 256 pages
...them where in ambush stand To seize their prey, the murderous band 1 Ah, tell them, they are men ! These shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of...gnaws the secret heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag*d comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition thia shall tempt to rise, Then... | |
| George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...show them where in ambush stand, To seize their prey, the murd'rous band ! Ah, tell them they are men! These shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of...youth, Or Jealousy, with rankling tooth, That inly knaws the secret heart : And envy wan, and faded care, Grim visag'd comfortless despair, And sorrow's... | |
| Robert Chambers - American literature - 1830 - 844 pages
...their prey, the murth'roue i .'• i 'ч i ; Ab, tell them they are men 1 These shall the fury Fassions tear, The vultures of the mind. Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame that skulk* behind; Or piniug 1<ove shall waste their youth* Or Jealousy with rankling tooth, That inly... | |
| Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...play, no man dare him withsay. — Skelton. 3J5 -~.~ r These shall the fury passions fcar, The voltarea of the mind, Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame,...youth, Or Jealousy, with rankling tooth, That inly guaws the secret heart ! And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-vtsag'd, comfortleu Despair, And Sorrow's... | |
| Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...them where in ambush stand To seize their prey, the murd'rous band ; Ah, tell them, they are men ! These shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of...gnaws the secret heart; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise ; Then... | |
| John Landseer - Painting - 1834 - 534 pages
...him to shut the book. If not, as he looks at the picture he will continue to trace the concordance— These shall the fury Passions tear, The Vultures of...mind ; Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame that sculks behind : Or pining Love, shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy, with rank'ling tooth, That inly... | |
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