 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...  The first (-sixth) 'Standard' reader - Page 267by James Stuart Laurie - 1863Full view - About this book
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1820 - 434 pages
...shoot—- And then h« falls, as I do. I have venturd, Like little wanton bays that swim on bladders. These many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; mv high blowu pride At length broke under inn ; ai-< uow has left me, Weary and old with service,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 518 pages
...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, This...depth : my high blown pride At length broke under me j and now has left me Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 542 pages
...frost • And,— when lie thinks, good easy man, full'surelv 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 many summers in a sea of glory • But far beyond my depth : my high-blown... | |
 | Niccolò Forteguerri - Italian poetry - 1822 - 280 pages
...And then he falls, as I do. I have ven-tur'd, Like little wanton boys that swim on blad-ders, These many 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 the mer-cy Of a rude... | |
 | Thomas Morell - Great Britain - 1822 - 486 pages
...: 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 broke under me; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 320 pages
...full surely His greatness is a ripening,—nips his root, And then he falls, as 1 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 has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Theater - 1823 - 444 pages
...surely His greatness is a ripening, — mps 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 has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1823 - 636 pages
...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 has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the... | |
 | William Enfield - 1823 - 412 pages
...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 broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1824 - 512 pages
...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 has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the... | |
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