 | Francis Barry Boyle] [St. Leger - 1829 - 336 pages
...and the speaker : — This is the state of man ! — to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening — nips his root, — And then he falls, as I do ! The Cardinal was truly a man of vast... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1830 - 492 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do.— Henry Vlll. act 3. so. 6. SECT. VII. FIGURE... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1831 - 526 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have rentur'd, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | 1832 - 872 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot; And then he falls as I do/' Yes, the Board has ventured far beyond its... | |
 | James Hedderwick - Oratory - 1833 - 232 pages
...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...nips his root; And then he falls, as I do! I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory; But... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his root ; And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | John Young (M.A.) - 1833 - 328 pages
...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...thinks, good, easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do." He now rejoined his brother in London,... | |
 | James Flamank - 1833 - 436 pages
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely, His greatness is a ripening — nips his root; And then he falls — as I do." When Damocles, a flatterer of Dionysius... | |
 | Edward Howard - Sea in literature - 1837 - 950 pages
...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...a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do." But I did not. I went home to my lodging in horrible spirits, with my detestable cough worse than ever.... | |
 | Thomas Miller - Country life - 1837 - 466 pages
...marauders he had let loose. " This is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." What visions have we beheld in forests floating among the summer greenery, as we lay with half-shut... | |
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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... 
