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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 speaker: or, Miscellaneous pieces selected from the best English writers ...

William Enfield, James Pycroft - 1851 - 422 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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The Poetical Works of Thomas Gray

Thomas Gray - 1851 - 380 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, -j And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye, That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow ; And keen Remorse with...
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The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England ...

John Campbell Baron Campbell - Great Britain - 1851 - 534 pages
...though not yet warned by the lines which have not been able to save others from such folly : — " Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...To bitter scorn a sacrifice And grinning infamy." As it was now the middle of Easter Term, and important law business was suspended, the office of Chancellor...
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Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature ..., Volume 19

Popular literature - 1851 - 566 pages
...Miss JULIA ADDISON. AUTHOR OF "THB CURATE OF WILDMERE." CHAPTER XVI. The stings of falsehood these shall try And hard unkindness' altered eye That mocks the tear it bids to flow. GRAY. LADY SEAGROVE, Miss Trimmer, and Florence, were sitting in the drawing-room, in...
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Studies from the English Poets

George Frederick Graham - English literature - 1852 - 570 pages
...heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged, comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the...tear it forced to flow ; And keen Remorse, with blood denied, And moody Madness laughing wild, Amid severest woe. Lo ! in the vale of years beneath, A grisly...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from ..., Volume 1

English literature - 1852 - 460 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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The Class Book of Poetry

Class-book - Poetry - 1852 - 152 pages
...heart ! And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged, 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 forced to flow ; And keen Remorse, with blood defiled; And moody...
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Hausschatz englischer Poesie: Auswahl aus den Werken der bedeutendsten ...

Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 pages
...heart, And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Gray. 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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The Poetical Works of Collins, Gray, and Beattie: With a Memoir of Each

William Collins, Thomas Gray - English poetry - 1852 - 332 pages
...heart, And Eavy wan, and faded Care, Grira-visaged 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 forced to flow; And keen Remorse with blood defiled, And moody...
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A Book for a Corner: Or, Selections in Prose and Verse from Authors the Best ...

English literature - 1852 - 248 pages
...heart ; And envy wan, and faded care, Grini-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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