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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... "
Elegy Written in Country Churchyard and Other Poems - Page 97
by Thomas Gray - 1853 - 186 pages
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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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The Speaker; Or Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ...

William Enfield - Elocution - 1808 - 434 pages
...Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. i/iiX,:- '- '-11 '-I'™ ., . ' Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter scorn/ a sacrifice, '. ,' -.'*' t ', t ..,.'' And grinning infamy. The stings of falsehood those shall try', And hard Unkindness'...
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The Muses' Bower,: Embellished with the Beauties of English Poetry, Volume 1

English poetry - English poetry - 1809 - 302 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...of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow j And keen Remorse, with blood defil'd, And moody...
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Specimens of the British poets, Volume 2

British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 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...of Falsehood 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...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 6

1809 - 402 pages
...heart ; And envy wan, and faded care, Grim-vlsag'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' aller'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen remorse with blood de&l'd, And moody...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including ..., Volume 14

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 628 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...of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it fore'd to flow; And keen Remorse, with blood defil'd, Aud moody...
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The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper;: Mallet, Akenside ...

Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 622 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...The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindnesf' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow j And keen Remorse, with blood defil'd....
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Readings on Poetry

Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Maria Edgeworth - English poetry - 1816 - 262 pages
...what is high and magnificent to what is low and. vulgar. • " ' " Ambition this shall tempt to qse, . Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a...hard Unkindness' altered 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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The poems, with critical notes; a life of the author; and an essay on his ...

Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...heart ; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. 70 Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, 75 And hard Unkind ness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow; And keen Remorse with...
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Philosophical Essays: To which are Subjoined, Copious Notes, Critical and ...

James Ogilvie - Philosophy - 1816 - 436 pages
...in whos.e train are often beheld, "grim-visaged, comfortless despair" and " sorrow's piercing dart," and "hard unkindness' altered eye, that mocks the...defiled," and moody madness " laughing wild" " Amid tetere« wo." An attachment, that ought to be lighted by fire from heaven, and hallowed by the blessing...
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