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" 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 ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for... "
Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ... - Page 110
by Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 477 pages
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...that swim on bladders, Thewa 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...that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate ye! I f«el my heart new open'd. O i, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 122

England - 1877 - 798 pages
...The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks — good easy man — full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then...ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; Hut far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke...
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Characters of Shakespeare's Plays

William Hazlitt - 1818 - 342 pages
...little wanton boys that swim en bladders, These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond by depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under...that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new open'd : O how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on...
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The Family Shakspeare: In Ten Volumes; in which Nothing is Added ..., Volume 7

William Shakespeare - 1818 - 368 pages
...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 swim on bladders, This...glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride 5 Absolute. 6 A writ incurring a penally. At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and...
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The Plays of Shakspeare, Volume 2

William Shakespeare - 1819 - 646 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he fulls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...pride At length broke under me ; and now has left mo, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp,...
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Lessons in Elocution: Or, A Selection of Pieces, in Prose and Verse, for the ...

William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...swim on bladders, These'many summers in a sea of glory ; ^ But far beyond my depth ; ny high blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left...that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new open'd. Oh how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes'...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakspeare: To which are Added His ...

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...ripening,— nips his root And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured Like little wanton boys that.swim on bladders This many summers in a sea of glory •...me Weary, and old with service, to the mercy ' Of a rnde stream, that must for ever hide me Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate ve : I feel my heart...
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The Plays and Poems of William Shakspeare, Volume 19

William Shakespeare - 1821 - 526 pages
...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 ; and now has left...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. * First folio, hopes. ' This is the state of man ; To-day he PUTS FORTH The tender...
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Studies in History; Containing the History of England, from Its ..., Volume 1

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...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me." How fitly does an inspired apostle designate the toils in which the men of this...
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The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare, in Ten Volumes: Richard the Third ...

William Shakespeare - 1823 - 320 pages
...full surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips his root, And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory of this world, I hate ye ; ! feel my heart new open'd : O, how...
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