 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...  Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of ... - Page 223by Richard Warner - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Gosden - 1822 - 80 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...honours thick upon him, The third day comes a frost, a killing frost. Abortive as the first-born bloom of Spring, Nipp'd with the lagging rear of Winter's... | |
 | Niccolò Forteguerri - Italian poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...! Farewell ! a long farewell to all my great-ness. This is the state of man ; to-day he puts-forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blos-soms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon-him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, (1) And when he thinks, good easy man, full... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 636 pages
...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...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 ventur'd,... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
....and Cromwell. Wol. 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...killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as I do. '1 have ventured,... | |
 | Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 252 pages
...fall. This is the state of man! to-day he puts forth Farewell!—a long farewell to all ray greatness! The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And...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. We have likewise a fine... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 924 pages
...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...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. We have likewise... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...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...killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his shoot ;' And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 444 pages
...hope, to-morrow blossoms, (1) Absolute. (2) As the Pope's legate. '3) A writ inc'ivi'iig a [wnalty. And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The...killing frost ; And, when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — mps his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd,... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1823 - 392 pages
...Wolsey on his fall. ' 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...honours thick upon him ; The third day comes a frost, a kilting frost, And when ha thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips hit... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 320 pages
...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...honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And,—when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips... | |
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