 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 him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness...  The Visitor: By Several Hands - Strana 182podľa William Dodd - 1764Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1912 - Počet stránok 524
...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, This many summers in a sea of glory,... | |
 | St. Cross (Church : Oxford, England) - 1876 - Počet stránok 456
...comes a frost, a killing frost ; And— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness id a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do >'." It has always been that the man who tries to love God bese, learns Him most from. His own great... | |
 | Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, Charles William Emil Miller, Benjamin Dean Meritt, Tenney Frank, Harold Fredrik Cherniss, Henry Thompson Rowell - 1915 - Počet stránok 524
...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 few years ago the changes were rung upon heredity and environment. What we were for weal or woe,... | |
 | Puerto Rico. Department of Education - 1916 - Počet stránok 138
...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. T have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, m Thts many. summers in a sea of glory;... | |
 | Dominic Barthel - 1927 - Počet stránok 790
...comes a frost, a killing fro.st : 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... | |
 | Elizabeth Avery, Jane Olive Dorsey, Vera Abigail Sickels - 1928 - Počet stránok 568
...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... | |
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