 | 1844 - 592 pages
...poured forth in sympathy, to show our reverence for the dead. '' This is the slate of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...a frost, a killing frost, And — (when he thinks, cood easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening) — nips his root, And then he falls." " Where... | |
 | Seasons - 1844 - 276 pages
...circumstance, to paint the delusive nature of human expectations : — This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ! And Milton beautifully uses the same simile : — Abortive as the first-born bloom of Spring, Nipp'd with... | |
 | Charles F. Ellerman - 1844 - 324 pages
...catching him by the arm, dragged him from the convent. CHAPTER VIII. " This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost." Life of King Henry VIII. COUNT ALCANTARA wondered why his son should tarry so long... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a killing...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... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 424 pages
...To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing...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... | |
 | East India college - 1845 - 620 pages
...of man ; to-day he put> forth The tender leares of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears hit blmhing honours thick upon him: The third day comes a frost,...killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man t full surely His greatness Is a- ripening,— nips his root. And then he falls, fcc. fcc. SlliKBSPSiRE.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1846 - 934 pages
...sleep, Had the 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...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... | |
 | Languages, Modern - 1863 - 1460 pages
...Canutus Burnamed the hardie." Holinshed. The Description of England. Book 2. cap. 6. Wolsey. Farewell, often comparable herein to the nobilitie of the land,...Description of Englande. Book 2. cap. 6. Hamlet. fidl surely His greatness is a ripeninp, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.' Henry V1I1.... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - Elocution - 1846 - 398 pages
...WOLSEY — [aZowe.] The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing...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,... | |
 | Book - English poetry - 1847 - 216 pages
...brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. SHAKSPERE. VANITY OF HUMAN GREATNESS. FAREWELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the...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... | |
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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... 
