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" The vultures of the mind, Disdainful anger, pallid fear, And shame that skulks behind ; Or pining love shall waste their youth, Or jealousy with rankling tooth That inly gnaws the secret heart, And envy wan, and faded care, Grim-visaged comfortless despair,... "
The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series ... - Page 142
by Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 586 pages
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The anniversary calendar, natal book, and universal mirror, Volume 1

Anniversary calendar - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 548 pages
...play, no man dare him withsay. — Skelton. 3J5 -~.~ r These shall the fury passions fcar, The voltarea of the mind, Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame,...youth, Or Jealousy, with rankling tooth, That inly guaws the secret heart ! And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-vtsag'd, comfortleu Despair, And Sorrow's...
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A Descriptive, Explanatory, and Critical, Catalogue of Fifty of the Earliest ...

John Landseer - Painting - 1834 - 534 pages
...him to shut the book. If not, as he looks at the picture he will continue to trace the concordance— These shall the fury Passions tear, The Vultures of...mind ; Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame that sculks behind : Or pining Love, shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy, with rank'ling tooth, That inly...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections from the Works ...

American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...Misfortune's baleful train ! Ah, show them where in ambush stand, To seize their prey, the murd'rous band ! Ah, tell them they are men! These shall the fury passions...gnaws the secret heart; And envy wan, and faded care, Grim-visaged comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dartAmbition this shall tempt to rise ; Then...
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Prodromus, Or, An Inquiry Into the First Principles of Reasoning: Including ...

Graves Champney Haughton - Logic - 1839 - 294 pages
...has written, has oftener employed personification than Gray. The following lines are from him : — " These shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of...Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame that skulks hehind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth, Or Jealousy with rankling tooth, That inly gnaws the...
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The penitent

Penitent - 1839 - 330 pages
...from us ? 'Tis to bind, By soft affection's ties, on human hearts, The thought of death." YOUNG. " Or pining love shall waste their youth ; Or jealousy, with rankling tooth, That inly knaws the secret heart." GRAY. TIME rolled on, its progress enlivened, if not accelerated, by frequent...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

Fitz-Greene Halleck - English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...Misfortune's baleful train., Ah, show them where in ambush stand To seize their prey, the murderous band ! Ah, tell them they are men ! These shall the fury...that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youthy Or Jealousy, with rankling tooth, VOL. I.— G c That inly gnaws the secret heart : And Envy...
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Selections from the British Poets, Volume 1

English poetry - 1840 - 372 pages
...Misfortune's baleful train. Ah, show them where in ambush stand To seize their prey, the murderous band ! Ah, tell them they are men ! These shall the fury...vultures of the mind, Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, That inly gnaws the secret heart :. And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged, comfortless Despair,...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...Misfortune's baleful train ! Ah, shew them where in ambush stand, To seize their prey, the murd'rous band ! Ah, tell them they are men ! These shall the fury-...and faded Care, Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair, Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high ; To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And...
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The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith - 1841 - 292 pages
...Misfortune's baleful train ! Ah, show them where in ambush stand, To seize their prey, the murderous band ! Ah, tell them they are men ! These shall the fury...gnaws the secret heart ; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then...
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Letters from Abroad to Kindred at Home, Volume 1

Catharine Maria Sedgwick - Europe - 1841 - 312 pages
...Gray's doleful prophecy while looking at some former generation of Eton boys. Mrs. repeated them : " These shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of...gnaws the secret heart, And envy wan, and faded care, Grim-visaged, comfortless despair, And sorrow's piercing dart." This is undoubtedly powerful poetry,...
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