 | Thomas Miller - 1837 - 466 pàgines
...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... | |
 | Edward Howard - 1837 - 950 pàgines
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1838 - 484 pàgines
...nature ! to receive at once the benefit of sleep, and do the effects of watching. 15— v. 1 . 512 The instability of human happiness. This is the state...His greatness is a ripening, — nips his fruit," And then he falls. " 25— iii. 2. 513 The same. Then was I as a tree, Whose .boughs did bend with... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 pàgines
...my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; tomorrow the blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon...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. Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 pàgines
...farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...thinks, good easy man, 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... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - 1995 - 544 pàgines
...speaker is Cardinal Wolsey): This is the state of man; today he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. The civilized world seems, we have said, to be... | |
 | Ray Leslee, Kenneth Welsh - 1998 - 44 pàgines
...Today he puts forth the tender leaves of hope, tomorrow 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 root, and then he falls ... sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything ... MALE SINGER. WHEN... | |
 | David Selwyn - 1998 - 384 pàgines
...farewell to all my greatness. This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...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 Like litde wanton boys that swim... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 750 pàgines
...farewell to all my greatness. /This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth /The tender leaves of hopes, to-morrow blossoms, / And bears his blushing honours...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 / Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Allardyce Nicoll - 1958 - 248 pàgines
...rotation of Fortune's wheel: This is the state of man : to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms And bears his blushing honours...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. (ш, ii, 352-8) It was a mistake to aspire,... | |
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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... 
