 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...root8, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, 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 j and now has left me Weary, and old with service, to the... | |
 | Thomas Morell - Great Britain - 1822 - 486 pages
...: And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers, in a sea of glory, But far beyond my...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 hide me." How fitly... | |
 | Niccolò Forteguerri - Italian poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...And then he falls, as I do. I have ven-tur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on blad-ders, These many summers in a sea of glo-ry; But far beyond my depth ! my high blown pride (3) At length broke under me, and now has left-me, Weary and old with service, to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 636 pages
...root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my...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 hide me. Vain pomp,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my...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 hide me. Vain pomp and... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 320 pages
...root, And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my...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 hide me. Vain pomp,... | |
 | Psychology - 1989 - 370 pages
...running. (Virginia Wolfe) 6. I have ventured, /Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, /This many summers in a sea of glory; /But far beyond my...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 hide me. (William Shakespeare)... | |
 | England - 1873 - 786 pages
...before us an undeniable failure. "I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim ou bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my...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 hide me." « We are... | |
 | Kenneth T. Aitken - Religion - 1986 - 284 pages
...Wolsey bitterly discovered: . . . I have ventur'd. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my...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 me. (b) The Sin of... | |
 | A. J. C. Edwards - History - 1986 - 300 pages
...brush? Has zeal outrun discretion? Have I ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders This many summers in a sea of glory: But far beyond my depth? Some readers may think so. If they do, I offer no defence. I ask them, too, to forgive me. Wimbledon... | |
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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 ever hide me. 
