 | William J. Bausch - 1999 - 311 страници
...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...how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favors! There is betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin,... | |
 | David Selwyn - 1999 - 352 страници
...surely His greatness is a-ripening, nips his root, And then he falls as I do. I have ventur'd Like litde wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers...that must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of the world, I hate ye; I feel my heart new open'd. O how wretched of Mr. Edmund Bertram so formal, so... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2008 - 240 страници
...root; And then he falls, as I do . I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, 360 This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond...mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me . 365 Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! I feel my heart new opened. O, how wretched Is... | |
 | Harold Bloom - 2001 - 734 страници
...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...service, to the mercy / Of a rude stream that must forever hide me. / Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye; / I feel my heart new open'd. O how... | |
 | Victor L. Cahn - 2001 - 361 страници
...give the Cardinal a measure of tragic stature, as does his sudden self-awareness and vulnerability: My high-blown pride At length broke under me, and...me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye! (Ill, ii, 361-365) How much of this conversion is legitimate or the expression of a defeated power-broker... | |
 | G. Wilson Knight - 2002 - 360 страници
...the insubstantiability of temporal glory, the deep dangers of all mortal adventure : I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This...this world, I hate ye: I feel my heart new open'd. (HI. ii. 358) Here a sea-image exactly expresses the insubstantial glories 'of this world'. We may... | |
 | Thomas MacFaul - 2007
...be a sole self, a sense that is wonderfully depicted in his earlier soliloquy: I have ventur'd, Like wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers...mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me. (lines 358—64) That these lines may be by Fletcher rather than Shakespeare only goes to show that... | |
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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... 
