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ODE III.
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That inly gnaws the secret heart;And Envy wan, and faded Care,Grim-visag'd comfortless Despair,And Sorrow's piercing dart. 70
Ambition this shall tempt to rise,Then whirl the wretch from high,To bitter Scorn a sacrifice,And grinning Infamy.The stings of Falsehood those shall try, 75And hard Unkindness' alter'd eye,That mocks the tear it forc'd to flow;And keen Remorse with blood defil'd,And moody Madness laughing wildAmid severest woe.
Lo! in the vale of years beneathA griesly troop are seen,

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Notes

  1. ↑ V. 68. With praise enough for Envy to look wan." Milton. Son. to Lawes, xiii. 6. W. l'ar. L. i, 601, "Care sute on his faded check." Luke,
  2. ↑ V. 69. Gray has here imitated Shakespeare. Richard III. act i. sc. 1: "Grim-visag'd War." and Com. of Err. act v. sc. 1: "A moody and dull melancholy kinsman to grim and comfortless Despair." Yarrington (Two Trag, in one) "Grim-visag'd despair." Todd.
  3. ↑ V. 76. "Affected Kindness with an alter'd face," Dryden. Ilind, and Panth. part iii.
  4. ↑ V. 79. Madness laughing in his ireful mood:" Dryden, Pal, and Are. (b. ii. p. 43. ed. Aik.) Gray. And so K. Hen. VI. p. 1., act iv. sc. 2: "But rather moody mad." And act iii. sc.1: "Moody fury." Chaucer. Knygbte's Tale, 1152,
  5. ↑ V. 81. Declin'd into the vale of years," Othello, act iii. sc. 3 Compare also Virg. Æn, vi. 275.
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