 | James Stuart Laurie - 1866 - 236 pages
...is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow hlossoms, And hears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day...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... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1867 - 188 pages
...fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.—Act 3, Sc. 2. Wol. Farewell! a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...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 far... | |
 | Henry George Bohn - Quotations - 1867 - 752 pages
...Feelings, that realize their own romances. X. J3. Landon. FABEWELL— A . Adieu, Farting. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...a-ripening — nips his root, And then he falls as I do. Sh. Hen. vin. in. 2. Farewell, The elements be kind to thee, and make Thy spirits all of comfort. Sh.... | |
 | Sophocles - 1867 - 102 pages
...expressed by Cardinal Wolsey in Shakspeare's Henry VIII. : This is the course of man ; — to.day, he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to.morrow,...easy man, full surely His greatness is a.ripening, — uips his root, And then he falls, as I do. — Olinr¿Sa, lower down, is the vocative of OiSIIrIÍÍTJÍ.... | |
 | Richard Edwards - Readers - 1867 - 372 pages
...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 far... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1868 - 202 pages
...their entrances ; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages. 2. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...a-ripening, — nips his root, — and then he falls aa I do. 3. So the foundations of his mind were laid. In such communion, not from terror free, while... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1868 - 496 pages
...the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears Ids blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes...nips his root, And then he falls , as I do. I have ventur'd , Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders , This many summers in a sea of glory ; But... | |
 | Joseph Edwards Carpenter - 1869 - 596 pages
...it. Duke. Get thee gone. But do it. 2.— WOLSBY AND CROMWELL. SHAKSPEARE. [See page 314.] Wolsey. 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... | |
 | English poetry - 1869 - 328 pages
...Crispin's day. 151 152 WOLSEY'S SPEECH. HENRY VIII., ACT III., SCENE 6. So farewell to the little good ye bear me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness...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... | |
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Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... 
