 | William Shakespeare - 1844 - 348 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 honors...left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy I SCENE II. KING HENRY VIII. 261 Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp, and glory... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 pages
...root, 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...for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world ! I hate ye ! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on princes'... | |
 | William Draper Swan - American literature - 1845 - 494 pages
...a 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. I have...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new opened. O, how... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - Elocution - 1845 - 374 pages
...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. I have...with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide me ! " 2. Solemnity and Sublimity. " Oh ! listen, man ! A voice within us speaks that... | |
 | Psychology - 1989 - 370 pages
...cut their owner's fingers. 5. She allowed life to waste like a tap left running. (Virginia Wolfe) 6. I have ventured, /Like little wanton boys that swim...mercy /Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me. (William Shakespeare) 7. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun. (Robert Herrick) 8. Coffee is like a... | |
 | England - 1873 - 786 pages
...and stands 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...mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me." « We are mistaken if ever — no matter what politics may be in the ascendant — the people of England... | |
 | Kenneth T. Aitken - Religion - 1986 - 284 pages
...inflated bubble is bound to burst — as Shakespeare's Wolsey bitterly discovered: . . . I have ventur'd. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must forever hide me. (b) The Sin of Pride. The connection between the first and second lines of 21:4 is... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...GN; NOBE; OBEV; OBS; PoEL-2; TrGrPo; UnS 2 No man's pie, is freed From his ambitious finger. (I, i) 3 villagers — The rector, the midwife, the sexton,...* The long wait for the angel, For that rare, ran forever hide me. (Ill, ii) 4 I have touched the highest point of all my greatness, And from that full... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I da I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new open'd. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours!... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...frost, a 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. I have ventured,...for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new opened. O, how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors!... | |
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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... 
