Ambition this shall tempt to rise
- DMI number:
- 37140
- First Line:
- Ambition this shall tempt to rise
- Last Line:
- And grinning infamy
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Ambition
- Author:
- Thomas Gray
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Extract from 'Ode on a distant prospect of Eton college', Lonsdale (1969): 54-63.
- First Line:
- Ye distant spires ye antique towers
- Last Line:
- Tis folly to be wise
- Relationship:
- Extract Of/Extracted In
- Comments:
- Title:
- Ethic tales and fables [gb] [no estc number]
- Page No(s):
- Fab. 24.
- Poem Title:
- The Owl.
- Attribution:
- Gray's Ode.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
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