 | Charles Bowker Ash - 1831 - 648 páginas
...like a lump of sugar at the bottom, Left not a wreck behind." PARODY.t THE UNFORTUNATE ACTOR. This is the state of man; to day he puts forth The tender...his blushing honours thick upon him: The third day eomes a frost, a killing frost! And u-hen he thinks, good easy man! full surely His greatuess is a... | |
 | 1832 - 872 páginas
...of old ; — " 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...full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot; And then he falls as I do/' Yes, the Board has ventured far beyond its depth; its high-blown... | |
 | Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 páginas
...LAMENTATION OP HIS PALL. 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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his root ; And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | James Hedderwick - 1833 - 232 páginas
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening — nips his root; And then he falls, as I do! I have ventured, Like little wanton boys... | |
 | Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1833 - 394 páginas
...; To-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost,a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man,...greatness is a ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, never to hope again." BDELLIUM, rfrt3 BEDOLAH. Occ. Gen. ii. 12 ; and Numb. xi. 7. Interpreters seem... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - 1835 - 130 páginas
...circumstance, to paint the delusive nature of human expectation : " This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And nips his root." But we now return to the garden. Before we have time to explore nature's treasures,... | |
 | Jonathan Barber - 1836 - 404 páginas
...man;—to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost,...full surely, His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot, And then he falls—as I do. I have ventured Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders,... | |
 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 páginas
...in proud triumph on the desolating marauders he had let loose. " This is the state of man ! To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope ; to-morrow...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls." What visions have we beheld in forests floating among... | |
 | R T. Linnington - 1837 - 274 páginas
...Hypermeter ; as, " 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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his shoot ; And then he falls, as I do." SIIAKSPEARE. OF TROCHAIC VERSE. The shortest... | |
 | Edward Howard - 1837 - 950 páginas
...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...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do." But I did not. I went home to my lodging in... | |
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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... 
