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11.
Ambition fiend of hellish parts
First Line:
Ambition fiend of hellish parts
Last Line:
And dread that monster called ambition
DMI number:
31929
12.
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
First Line:
Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes
Last Line:
And close confined in their own palace sleep
Author:
Alexander Pope (Absolute)
DMI number:
1357
13.
Ambition is a lust that's never quenched
First Line:
Ambition is a lust that's never quenched
Last Line:
Grows more enflamed and madder by enjoyment
DMI number:
14185
14.
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
15.
Ambition is at distance
First Line:
Ambition is at distance
Last Line:
What storms will batter and what tempests shake us
DMI number:
14179
16.
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
17.
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
18.
Ambition noble great desire
First Line:
Ambition noble great desire
Last Line:
Stripped of the terrors which he wears
DMI number:
37287
19.
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
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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
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