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131.
Ambition is an idol on whose wings
First Line:
Ambition is an idol on whose wings
Last Line:
To be sublimely great or to be nothing
DMI number:
14189
132.
Ambition is at distance
First Line:
Ambition is at distance
Last Line:
What storms will batter and what tempests shake us
DMI number:
14179
133.
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
134.
Ambition the desire of active souls
First Line:
Ambition the desire of active souls
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And elevates the hero to the gods
DMI number:
14180
135.
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
136.
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
137.
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
138.
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
139.
Aminta fear not to confess
First Line:
Aminta fear not to confess
Last Line:
Than the dear secret's kept unknown
Author:
Aphra Behn (Absolute)
DMI number:
2859
140.
As pirates all false colours wear
First Line:
As pirates all false colours wear
Last Line:
Leaves art to polish and refine
Author:
Samuel Butler (Absolute)
DMI number:
5546
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