 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...me. 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...— 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 that... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 pagina’s
...me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the sfate of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow, blossoms, And...— 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 that... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 568 pagina’s
...me. 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...killing frost ; And, when he thinks, — good, easy man, — ftill surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he foils, as I do. I have ventured,... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pagina’s
...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...ventured, 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... | |
 | William Holmes McGuffey - 1853 - 492 pagina’s
...Wolsey. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness 1 This is the state of man : today, he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; tomorrow, blossoms, And...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,... | |
 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1853 - 792 pagina’s
...— " 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...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 This many summers in a sea... | |
 | William Herbert - 1853 - 234 pagina’s
...GREATNESS. 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...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... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 554 pagina’s
...he puts forth The tender leaves of hope : to-morrow blossoms j And bears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as 1 do. We have likewise a fine example of this in the whole part of Andromache in the Distressed Mother,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 832 pagina’s
...to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick akespeare fulls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1854 - 442 pagina’s
...image with the most exquisite beauty of any poet. This is the State of -man : to-day lie puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening — nips his root, And then he falls. Henry viii. Act iii. Sc. 2. IT Hefleeth also as a... | |
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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... 
