{"id":1332,"date":"2019-04-28T18:58:36","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T18:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1332"},"modified":"2019-05-04T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T10:02:08","slug":"of-foolish-ambition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1332","title":{"rendered":"Of Foolish Ambition"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\n

Ten thousand pounds a year will make me live;
\nA kingdom Fortune then to me must<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span> give.
\nI\u2019ll conquer all, like Alexander Great,
\nAnd, like to Caesar, my opposers beat.
\nGive me a fame that with the world may last;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nLet all tongues tell of my great actions past.
\nLet every child, when first \u2019tis taught to speak,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nRepeat my name, my memory for to keep.<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nAnd then, great Fortune, give to me thy power
\nTo ruin man, and raise him in an hour.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10
\nLet me command the Fates, and spin their thread,
\nAnd Death to stay his scythe when I forbid,
\nAnd, Destiny, give me your chains to tie,
\nEffects from causes to produce thereby.
\nAnd let me like the gods on high become,<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nThat nothing can<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span> but by my will be done.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ten thousand pounds a year will make me live; A kingdom Fortune then to me must give. I\u2019ll conquer all, like Alexander Great, And, like to Caesar, my opposers beat. Give me a fame that with the world may last;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Let all tongues tell of my great actions past. Let every child, when first … Continue reading Of Foolish Ambition<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[239,215],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-moral-discourses","category-part2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1332"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1336,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1332\/revisions\/1336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}