 | William Leete Stone - 1832 - 602 pages
...admonished, at the close, almost in the very words of the great dramatist, — " Thus " wastes man ! to-day, he puts forth the tender leaves of hope ; " to-morrow...and bears his blushing honors thick " upon him ; the next day comes a frost, which nips the " shoot, and when he thinks his greatness is still aspiring,... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost — a killing...ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride At length broke... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...he puts forth 'The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; • The third day comes a frost, a killing...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his root ; And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | John Young (M.A.) - 1833 - 328 pages
...he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...thinks, good, easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do." He now rejoined his brother in London,... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; tomorrow the blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,...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 far... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I da I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory,... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - 1995 - 544 pages
...today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. The civilized world seems, we have said, to be struggling in its death throes; not yet is "the strong... | |
 | John W. Gardner, Francesca Gardner Reese - 1996 - 278 pages
...passing bell. John Ray Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. William Shakespeare (Wolseyin Henry VIII) What is the world to a man when his wife is a widow. Irish... | |
 | John Y Cole, Henry Hope Reed - 1997 - 330 pages
...Wolsey's speech in Henry VIII: This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes. To-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him. The third day comes a frost, . . . And . . . nips his root, And then he falls. Accordingly, in the present series, the first medallion... | |
 | Ray Leslee, Kenneth Welsh - 1998 - 44 pages
...SINGER. Is man no more than this? (Music #10: When In Disgrace) FOOL. This is the state of man.... Today he puts forth the tender leaves of hope, tomorrow...thinks, good, easy man, full surely his greatness is a ripening, nips his root, and then he falls ... sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything... | |
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Farewell, a long farewell, to all 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... 
