 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...fought with us upon saint Crispin's day. SHAKSPERE. WOLSEY'S SPEECH. HENRY VJII., ACT III., SCENE 6. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell,...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1844 - 318 pages
...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...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,)... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1844 - 432 pages
...everything at present in black: and the more so from your letter * This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man I full surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. KING HENRY... | |
 | 1844 - 592 pages
...poured forth in sympathy, to show our reverence for the dead. '' This is the slate of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...a frost, a killing frost, And — (when he thinks, cood easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening) — nips his root, And then he falls." " Where... | |
 | 1844 - 276 pages
...circumstance, to paint the delusive nature of human expectations : — This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ! And Milton beautifully uses the same simile : — Abortive as the first-born bloom of Spring, Nipp'd with... | |
 | Charles F. Ellerman - 1844 - 324 pages
...catching him by the arm, dragged him from the convent. CHAPTER VIII. " This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost." Life of King Henry VIII. COUNT ALCANTARA wondered why his son should tarry so long... | |
 | Polyphilus (pseud.) - 1844 - 268 pages
...this state of man in the character of Cardinal Wolsey, who says in his fall. " The third day conies a frost, a killing frost And when he thinks, good...greatness is a ripening, nips his root And then he fulls as I do." i Such was one who had attained the height of his ambition, honored by his sovereign,... | |
 | Marmion Wilard Savage, Marmion Wilme Savage - 1845 - 356 pages
...Bryanstone-square to Kensington, taking Portland Place on the way. CHAPTER XXIV. " This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow...surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root." King Henry VIII. THE CELTIC HERO IN AFFLICTION — ATROCIOUS MISCONDUCT OP HIS UNCLE — TIEKNA REFUSES... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 pages
...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...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,)... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 494 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...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... | |
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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 honours thick upon him . The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, — when... 
