 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 336 pages
...surely His greatness is a-ripening, — nips his root ; And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846
...surely His greatness is a-ripening — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Alexander Chalmers - Azerbaijan - 1847
...comes a frost, 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...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
 | Bennett George Johns - English poetry - 1847 - 186 pages
...frost, 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...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now hath left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
 | Elocution - 1847 - 300 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripeming, — nips his root ; And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, — Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, —...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1848
...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 swim on bladders, This...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever... | |
 | Allen Hayden Weld - English language - 1848 - 111 pages
...His greatness is a1 ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. 1 have veutur'd 5 Lake little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy 10 Of a rude stream, that must forever... | |
 | Louis Raymond Véricour - French literature - 1848 - 448 pages
...courtier: Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness ! *****! have ventur'd Like little wanton hoys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea...depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
 | Frederick Charles Cook - 1849
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, 'Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
 | William Russell - Elocution - 1849 - 294 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripeuug, — nips his root ; And then he falls as I do. I have ventured, — Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, —...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide... | |
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Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for... 
