...a spirit conscious of his own superiority, he breaks out into that fine apostrophe — " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...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...

...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...ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory...

...is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to morrow blossoms, And hears his blushing honours thick upon him ; The third day,...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...

...lord cardinal. ^Exeunt all hut Wolseif. Wul. So farewell to the little good you bear nie. farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...day, comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when ne thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he fulls,...

...FARE WELL, a long farewell to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth Tht tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears...full surely His greatness is a 'ripening, nips his ohoot — And then he falls, as I do. 1 have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...

...to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope * 7, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours...full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root8, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,...

...good lord cardinal. [Exeunt all but Wolsev. Wol. So farewell to the little good you bear me. Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the...blossoms And bears his blushing honours thick upon him'The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost • And,— when lie thinks, good easy man, full'surelv...

...LEAVES spread, &c.] Compare Wolsey's speech in King Henry VIII. : " This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth " The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...thick upon him ; " The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; " &c. MALONE. 7 The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories...

...fidelity and beauty, that no apology can be necessary for introducing it in this place. " Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the...killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full sorely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his root : And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like...

...circumstance, to paint the delusive nature of human expectations — This is the state of man ; to day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow...honours thick upon him, The third day comes a frost, a killing frost. Abortive as the first-born bloom of Spring, Nipp'd with the lagging rear of Winter's...