 | English poetry - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 110
...day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, when he 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 little wanton boys that swim on bladders. These many summers in a sea of glory... | |
 | James Edward Murdoch, William Russell - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full 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 many summers in a sea of glory,... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 482
...day comes a frost, a killing frost, And — when he thinks, good easy man, full 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 many summers in a sea of glory;... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 398
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man ! full 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, These many summers in a sea of glory... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1846 - عدد الصفحات: 934
...day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man, full 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 many summers in a sea of glory... | |
 | George Vandenhoff - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 396
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And — when he thinks, good easy man ! full 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, These many summers in a sea of glory;... | |
 | Book - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 216
...third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And when he 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 little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory,... | |
 | rev. David Williams (M.A.) - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 162
...third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks, good easy man, full surely, His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls, as I do." A fine example of this figure occurs in Lord Bolingbroke's " Remarks on the History of England." He... | |
 | Walter McLeod - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 170
...day comes a frost, a killing frost; And— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a-ripening — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do. I have ventured, !Lik6 little wanton boys that swim on bladders, ,, This many summers in a sea of glory... | |
 | 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 560
...third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, full 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, These many summers in a sea of glory,... | |
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Farewell! a long farewell, to all my greatness! This is the state of man: today he puts forth The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him; The third day comes a frost, a killing frost, And when he thinks,... 
