 | Hatchway (lieut, R.N., pseud.) - 1838 - 922 pages
...delivered himself, with good effect, of the following sentence : " This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man, fall surely His greatness is a ripening,— nips his root, And then be falls as I do." " Well," I said,... | |
 | American poetry - 1838 - 332 pages
...haste now to my setting : I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell,...farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man ; toKlay he puts Ibrth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And hears his blushing honours... | |
 | William Shakespeare, Benjamin Humphrey Smart - English drama - 1839 - 490 pages
...doubt, shall th nk you, So fare you well, my little, good lord-cardinal. [a pause.] [Wolsey.] Farewell, a long farewell to all my greatness! This is the state...thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripe'ning, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - Performing Arts - 1990 - 232 pages
...ruefully ruminating over the fame that was, the disgrace that is, and the death that soon will be. Wolsev: So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell!...all 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... | |
 | Suzy Platt - Quotations, English - 1992 - 550 pages
...26.— The Philosophy of Civilization, trans. CT Campion, part 2, p. 321 (1949, reissued 1981). 1103 So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell!...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 thick... | |
 | Louisa Susanna Cheves McCord - History - 1995 - 544 pages
...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Poetry - 1995 - 136 pages
...to the end they were created, Would bring white hairs unto a quiet grave. Ah, what a life were this! So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell?...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 honors thick upon... | |
 | John W. Gardner, Francesca Gardner Reese - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1996 - 278 pages
...Shakespeare When thou dost hear a toll or knell Then think upon thy passing bell. John Ray Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the...of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy... | |
 | David Selwyn - History - 1998 - 384 pages
...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... | |
 | William J. Bausch - Literary Criticism - 1999 - 324 pages
...on fire the hearts of all men" (Dante, The Inferno, Canto 6) — sloth, and anger. Pride Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the...of hope; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honors thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy... | |
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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... 
