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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, 75
And 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 wild
Amid severest woe.

Lo! in the vale of years beneath
A 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.