 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 Seiten
...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...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... | |
 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 330 Seiten
...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 ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These many summers — in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length —... | |
 | Ravensdale - 1845 - 418 Seiten
...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...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 his... | |
 | Marmion Wilard Savage, Marmion Wilme Savage - 1845 - 356 Seiten
...Portland Place on the way. CHAPTER XXIV. " This is the state of man: to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his...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 his... | |
 | Marmion Wilard Savage, Marmion Wilme Savage - 1846 - 382 Seiten
...Portland Place on the way. CHAPTER XXIV. " This is the state of man; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his...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 his... | |
 | Canniff Haight - 1904 - 684 Seiten
...long farewell, t>, all my greatness '. '1'i> is is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his...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... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1905 - 494 Seiten
...to all my greatness 1 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 ventured, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Edward Noble - 1905 - 308 Seiten
..."'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...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... | |
 | Grenville Kleiser - 1906 - 560 Seiten
...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 ventur'd,...on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, J But far beyond my depth; my high blown pride At length broke under me, and now has left me, Weary... | |
 | Ernest Pertwee - 1906 - 432 Seiten
...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...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, —... | |
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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 he... 
