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1951.
Ambition is the saint to which you pray
First Line:
Ambition is the saint to which you pray
Last Line:
So may they fare that with ambition swell
DMI number:
44396
1952.
Ambition like a torrent never looks back
First Line:
Ambition like a torrent never looks back
Last Line:
And offers violence to nature's self
DMI number:
14191
1953.
Ambition never me seduced
First Line:
Ambition never me seduced
Last Line:
And all the wild creation dies
DMI number:
23709
1954.
Ambition noble great desire
First Line:
Ambition noble great desire
Last Line:
Stripped of the terrors which he wears
DMI number:
37287
1955.
Ambition seeks for happiness abroad
First Line:
Ambition seeks for happiness abroad
Last Line:
Behold my mind to me a kingdom is
DMI number:
17806
1956.
Ambition the desire of active souls
First Line:
Ambition the desire of active souls
Last Line:
And elevates the hero to the gods
DMI number:
14180
1957.
Ambition the disease of virtue bred
First Line:
Ambition the disease of virtue bred
Last Line:
Meets death in that which is the means of life
DMI number:
14190
1958.
Ambition's like a circle on the water
First Line:
Ambition's like a circle on the water
Last Line:
Till by broad spreading it disperse to nought
DMI number:
14184
1959.
Ambition's never safe till power be past
First Line:
Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:
As men till impotent are seldom chaste
DMI number:
14182
1960.
Ambition's never safe till power be past
First Line:
Ambition's never safe till power be past
Last Line:
As men till impotent were seldom chaste
Author:
Sir Charles Sedley (Absolute)
DMI number:
5528
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