 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 416 pages
...that swim on bladders, These many Summers on a sea of glory , But far beyond my depth : my high-Mourn pride At length broke under me, and now has left me,...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. HI'GH-BORN. Of noble extraction. Cast round your eyes Upon the high-lam beauties... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 pages
...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 beyond my...glory of this world, I hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 528 pages
...Like little wanton boys that swim on bladder*, This many summers in a sea of glory : But far bevond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye; I feel my heart new opcnM : O, how... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me ! Vain pomp and glory of the world! — I hate ye: — I feel my heart new open'd.... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...uncertain and how unsatisfactory is the undue pursuit of eminence ! Cardinal Wolsey exclaims — -" I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me." When ambition guides the mind, ease, honour, and character will be sacrificed for... | |
 | 1989 - 370 pages
...running. (Virginia Wolfe) 6. I have ventured, /Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, /This many summers in a sea of glory; /But far beyond my...service, to the mercy /Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. (William Shakespeare) 7. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun. (Robert Herrick) 8.... | |
 | 1873 - 786 pages
...before us an undeniable failure. "I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim ou bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me." « We are mistaken if ever — no matter what politics may be in the ascendant —... | |
 | Kenneth T. Aitken - 1986 - 284 pages
...Wolsey bitterly discovered: . . . I have ventur'd. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my...mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. (b) The Sin of Pride. The connection between the first and second lines of 21:4 is obscure. If "lamp"... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pages
...see me more. (Ill, ii) OHFP 66 I have ventured Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This (Ill, ii) OHFP 67 Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pages
...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, But far beyond my...with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how... | |
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Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes... 
