| Thomas Morell - Great Britain - 1822 - 486 pages
...full sorely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his root : And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, These...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
| Niccolò Forteguerri - Italian poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...sure-ly His greatness is a ripening, nips his root, (2) And then he falls, as I do. I have ven-tur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on blad-ders, These...summers in a sea of glo-ry; But far beyond my depth ! my high blown pride (3) At length broke under me, and now has left-me, Weary and old with service, to... | |
| William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...surely His greatness is a rip'ning, nips his shoot ;' And then he falls, as I do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys, that swim on bladders, These...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
| William Scott - Elocution - 1823 - 396 pages
...easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, nips his shoot — And then he falls, as I do. '1 have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on...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 - 1823 - 636 pages
...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; 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 mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1823 - 320 pages
...root, And then he falls, as 1 do. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many 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 mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
| Mrs. Inchbald - English drama - 1824 - 444 pages
...easy man ! full 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...depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
| British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...world, And bear the palm alone. I have ventur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many 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 mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
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