| James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pągines
...Bequeath'd by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft, is ever won. WOLSEY AND CROMWELL. Wol. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening — nips his root; And then he falls, as I do! I have ventured, Like little wanton boys... | |
| Samuel Kirkham - 1834 - 360 pągines
...leaves of hope'; to-morrow', blossoms', And bears his blushing honours thick upon him':0 The third day', comes a frost', a killing frost'; And', —...nips his root', And then he falls', as I do'. I have ventured', Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders', These many summers in a sea of glory'; But... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1836 - 588 pągines
...to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day, comes a frost, a killing...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 pągines
...man;—to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,...full surely, His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot, And then he falls—as I do. I have ventured Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders,... | |
| Edward Howard - 1837 - 950 pągines
...stood. I might have exclaimed with Wolsey—I wish 1 had now; it would then have been some relief to me— '' Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do." But I did not. I went home to my lodging in... | |
| R T. Linnington - 1837 - 274 pągines
...often produces a very pleasing effect. Verses of this nature are called Hypermeter ; as, " Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his shoot ; And then he falls, as I do." SIIAKSPEARE. OF TROCHAIC VERSE. The shortest... | |
| Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pągines
...in proud triumph on the desolating marauders he had let loose. " This is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." What visions have we beheld in forests floating among... | |
| Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pągines
...now to my setting : I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening-, And no man see me more. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
| William Martin - 1838 - 368 pągines
...my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pągines
...of watching. 15— v. 1 . 512 The instability of human happiness. This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his fruit," And then he falls. " 25— iii. 2. 513 The same. Then was I as a tree, Whose .boughs did bend... | |
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