 | William Shakespeare, Thomas Price - 1839 - 478 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, 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,... | |
 | Samuel Kirkham - 1839 - 362 pages
...long farewell', to all my greatness'! This is the state of man': — to-day he putsb forth The tended leaves of hope'; to-morrow', blossoms', And bears...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... | |
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 560 pages
...sorrowful exclamation : 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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls as 1 do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...tyum.iH ffirratnraa. 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...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 swim on bladders, This many... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pages
...my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; tomorrow the blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...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 swim on bladders, This many... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...surely His greatness is 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... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - 1995 - 544 pages
...speaker is Cardinal Wolsey): This is the state of man; today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...surely His greatness is 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;... | |
 | David Selwyn - 1998 - 384 pages
...farewell to all my greatness. This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. I have ventur'd Like litde wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 pages
...farewell to all my greatness. /This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth /The tender leaves of hopes, to-morrow blossoms, / And bears his blushing honours...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 swim on bladders, /This... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - 1958 - 248 pages
...rotation of Fortune's wheel: This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms And bears his blushing honours...surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. (ш, ii, 352-8) It was a mistake to aspire, but his fall, as he sees it,... | |
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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... 
