 Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must 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  Familiar Quotations ... - Stran 79avtor: John Bartlett - 1875 - 864 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | William Howitt - 1840 - 560 strani
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls as 1 do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This...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... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1841 - 320 strani
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...in a sea of glory ; But far b'eyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the... | |
 | Book - 1841 - 164 strani
...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, This...summers, in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now hath left me, Weary and old with service, to the... | |
 | Andrew Comstock - 1841 - 410 strani
...greatness is a ripening, — | nips Ais root, \ And then Ae falls, | as T do. ! I have ventur'd, | Like little wanton boys that swim on blad'ders, |...sea of glo,ry ; | "But far beyond my depth, : | my high-blown pride | At length broAe un'der me ; | and now has left me, | Weary, and old with service,... | |
 | 1989 - 370 strani
...fingers. 5. She allowed life to waste like a tap left running. (Virginia Wolfe) 6. I have ventured, /Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, /This...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... | |
 | 1873 - 786 strani
...that swim ou bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my highblown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left...service, to the 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 —... | |
 | Kenneth T. Aitken - 1986 - 284 strani
...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...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... | |
 | Jerry Blunt - 1990 - 232 strani
...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, This...summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth: my high-blown pride Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 strani
...Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more. (Ill, ii) OHFP 66 I have ventured high-blown pride At length broke under me and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 strani
...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...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... | |
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