 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 honours thick upon him: The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, when he...  The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare - Page 257by William Shakespeare - 1826Full view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root8, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 526 pages
...tender leaves of hope * 7, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when...full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root8, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Thomas Morell - 1822 - 486 pages
...frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full sorely 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 swim on bladders, These many summers, in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 pages
...tender leaves of hope ; to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks,...ripening, nips his root, And then he falls — as I do. We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole part of Andromache in the Distrest Mother, particularly... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 252 pages
...tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks,...ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole part of Andromache in the Distrest Mother, particularly... | |
 | Elizabeth Avery, Jane Olive Dorsey, Vera Abigail Sickels - 1928 - 568 pages
...tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing frost; And — when he...— 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,... | |
 | 1920 - 594 pages
...; he had fought for his honors by intrigue and by every despicable means ; "had ventured," he says, "like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, this...summers in a sea of glory but far beyond my depth." The bubble was pricked, the richness of honors swept away and in the face of death isn't it credible... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have...glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and... | |
 | Ray Leslee, Kenneth Welsh - 1998 - 44 pages
...the tender leaves of hope, tomorrow blossoms, and bears his blushing honors thick upon him. The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, and when he thinks,...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, and then he falls ... sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything ... MALE SINGER. WHEN IN DISGRACE WITH FORTUNE... | |
 | Paul Budra, Paul Vincent Budra - 2000 - 148 pages
...full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. (3.2.353-62) He dies humbled, with hopes of heaven. The de casibus pattern implicit in the action of... | |
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