Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AMBITION, by HENRIETTA CORDELIA RAY


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First Line: What is ambition? 'tis unrest, defeat!
Last Line: A beck'ning vision, fair, illusive, sweet!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ray, Cordelia


What is ambition? 'tis unrest, defeat!
A goad, a spur, a quick'ning the heart's beat;
A fevered pulse, a grasp at shadows fleet,
A beck'ning vision, fair, illusive, sweet!





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