 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...  The Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 82by William Shakespeare - 1804Full view - About this book
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - 482 pages
...Cardinal Wolsey after his Fall from the Favor of Henry VIII. SHAKSPEARE. fVol. FAREWELL, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man : To-day...The 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... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...107. • Id. 4 Id. p. 108. EXTRACTS FROM VARIOUS PLAYS. WOLSEY'S FALL.1 FAREWELL, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : To-day...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 —... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
..."All flesh is grass, and the glory thereof as the flower of grass," etc. " Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : To-day...The 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,... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 pages
...enthusiasm of the poet. — Duponceau. 738. WOLSEY'S SOL1LOQUT ON AMBITION. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This — is the state of man...The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow, blossoms, And bears his blushing honors — thick upou him ; The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And,... | |
 | Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...low key. 42. CARDINAL WOLSEY'S SOLILOQOY ON AMBITION. — Shdkspeare. 1. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : To-day,...The 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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - 934 pages
...fore-hand and vantage of a king. -King Henry V. VANITY OF HUMAN POWER. Wolscy. FAREWELL, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day...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 —... | |
 | 1847 - 312 pages
...1. — Pathos and Sublimity. WOLSEY, [ON HIS DOWNFALL.] — Shokspeare. " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : To-day...The 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, —... | |
 | Book - 1847 - 216 pages
...in stones, and good in every thing. SHAKSPERE. VANITY OF HUMAN GREATNESS. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : to-day...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... | |
 | Bits - 1847 - 88 pages
...Menage. THE VICISSITUDES OF LIFE. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man : To-day...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... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1847 - 396 pages
...mark the humble, but faithful and sympathising friend.] WOLSEY — [alone.] FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! — This is the state of man...The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears hia blushing honors thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when... | |
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