But wild ambition loves to slide not stand
- DMI number:
- 39172
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- First Line:
- But wild ambition loves to slide not stand
- Last Line:
- And fortunes ice prefers to virtues land
- Poem Genre / Form:
- Extract / snippet from longer work
- Themes:
- Ambition
- Title:
- The Art of English Poetry (A-L) [T136727]
- Page No(s):
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dryd.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
Poem Aliases
Absalom and Achitophel.
Content/Publication