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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... "
The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers - Page 126
by British essayists - 1802
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The Old Commodore, Volume 1

Edward Howard, Frederick Marryat - Sea stories - 1837 - 326 pages
...exclaimed with Wolsey — I wish I had now ; it would then have been some relief to 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 bears his blushing honours...
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The Old Commodore, Volume 1

Edward Howard - Sea in literature - 1837 - 950 pages
...exclaimed with Wolsey—I wish 1 had now; it would then have been some relief to 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 bears his blushing honours...
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The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading ...

Henry Marlen - 1838 - 342 pages
...exhalation in the evening-, And no man see me more. So farewell to the little good you bear 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 bears his blushing honours...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1838 - 522 pages
...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but Wolsey. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear 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 brars his blushing honours...
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The Young Man's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections from the Works ...

American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man ; toKlay he puts Ibrth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And hears his blushing honours...
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Shakspearian Readings: Selected and Adapted for Young Persons and Others

William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...doubt, shall th nk you, So fare you well, my little, good lord-cardinal. [a pause.] [Wolsey.] 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...
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Lady Jane Grey; an historical romance, Volume 1

Thomas Miller - 1840 - 908 pages
...escape, while the young nobleman withdrew, to await in secret the change of events. CHAPTER II. 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...
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Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes ...

William Howitt - Durham (England) - 1840 - 560 pages
...possession of the king's ear and mind, and he had soon to make his sorrowful exclamation : 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...
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A System of Elocution: With Special Reference to Gesture, to the Treatment ...

Andrew Comstock - Elocution - 1841 - 410 pages
...which nature has given " Her clearest of sun and Aer purest of air, ? | (SIIAKSPEARE.) 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, blos'soms, i And bears Ais blushing...
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The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].

Book - 1841 - 164 pages
...brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing. SHAKSPBARE. Fanftp of tyum.iH ffirratnraa. 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...
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