claims to bear down evry other,Is Pride, which seems to fill more room,More various titles to assume,Than any tenant we can find,Within the chambers of the mind.The Passion, doubtless, is the same,Or in the low or titled name;And may be tracd up to the senseOf what is calld Pre-eminence,Whether in… … ENGLISH DANCE OF DEATH 119 Or in his breast who day and night Climbs up Ambitions dizzy height. But tis not here the verse intends To mark the fair and noble ends Of Pride, too little understood, Which is a virtue in the good; That dignifies th exalted state Of those who are both good and great:…
Dance of death
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