'Twas while he toiled him to be freed,
And with the rein to raise the steed,
That, from ——'s iron trance,
All Wycklif's soldiers waked at once.
Can such things be,
And overcome us like a summer's cloud,
Without our special ——?
The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes
And gaping mouth that testified ——.
AMBITION ([page 40]).
QUESTIONS.
1. What two senses has ambition? 2. How does ambition differ from aspiration? Which is the higher word? 3. What is the distinctive sense of emulation? 4. Has emulation a good side? How does it compare with aspiration?
EXAMPLES.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ——
By that sin, fell the angels.
Envy, to which th' ignoble mind's a slave,
Is —— in the learn'd or brave.