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AMBITION by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: I HAD AMBITION, BY WHICH SIN
Last Line: BE INTO PARADISE.
Subject(s): AMBITION;
I had Ambition, by which sin
The angels fell;
I climbed and, step by step, O Lord,
Ascended into Hell.

Returning now to peace and quiet,
And made more wise,
Let my descent and fall, O Lord,
Be into Paradise.



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