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AMBITION, by                    
First Line: Lo! On the mountain's brow
Last Line: O'er all this world of need!
Alternate Author Name(s): Edgarton, Sarah C.
Subject(s): Ambition


Lo! on the mountain's brow
One point of gleaming light!
And thither climbest thou,
With eye and spirit bright.
Ay, thou at least shalt stand
In all that golden glow,
A sceptre shining in thy hand
To rule the world below.

Oh use that sceptre well!
Not as a spear to smite,
But like a wand of mighty spell
To serve the cause of Right!
If thou win power, do good!
If Fame, deserve thy meed!
If Wealth, oh, pour it like a flood
O'er all this world of need!





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