 | Charles Rann Kennedy - English poetry - 1853 - 168 pages
...K\eos ßporшv crrvyш, SiSa%dels o-^re yovv ro cr<o<f>povelv' S>, 'ocrris ßaeiXeшv drjpa %ápiv There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — TRANSLATION FKOM THE ŒDIPUS KEX OF SOPHOCLES. What man is he, whom prophet-tongued Parnassus doth... | |
 | Cyclopaedia - 1853 - 772 pages
...drag thee low; Lean on faith, look up rejoicing, We are wiser than we know. C. Maclay. FALL. THEKE is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. Shakspere. I Ve touch'd the highest point of all my greatness ; And from the full meridian of my glory... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1854 - 538 pages
...must for ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I hate ye ! I feel my heart new-open'd : O ! how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on princes'...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter CROMWELL, amazcdly. Why, how now, Cromwell ! Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wol What!... | |
 | Heberden Milford - 1854 - 338 pages
...state distinctions — I seek not sovereign services. In Henry VIIL, Wolsey says to Norfolk :— ' Oh how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes'...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.' " Thus Lord Squanderficld, in his rambling, loquacious way, delivered himself; and as usual, made what... | |
 | Marcius Willson - History - 1854 - 622 pages
...hate ye ; 1 feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on princes favors' There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again." "Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition ; By that sil tell the angels ; how can man then, - Tbe... | |
 | Marcius Willson - History - 1854 - 866 pages
...hate ye ; I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hang? on princes favors! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That...pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he full", he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again." 15. During the stirring and eventful period of... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1855 - 100 pages
...this was the correct Latin idiom, when the expression was cited against him as a proof of arrogance. I feel my heart new open'd : O, how wretched Is that...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter CBOMWELL,* amazedly. B. 2E. Why how now, Cromwell? Crom. I have no power to speak, sir. Wol.... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...REFORMATION. "AD 1509— 1536. Oh ! how wretched Is that poor man that hangs on princes' favours I There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — SHAKESPEARE. HENRY VII. was succeeded by his son Henry, who was not more than eighteen years of... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...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 ; But far beyond my...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again ! SHAKSPEARE. 116 SUNSHINE AFTER A SHOWER. EVER after summer shower, When the bright sun's returning... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1856 - 380 pages
...me ; and now has left me. Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must lor ever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world, I...falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again. — Enter CuoiuvKi.r., mnazedly. Why, how now, Cromwell ? Cram. I have no power to speak, sir. Wol,... | |
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O, how wretched Is that poor man, that hangs on princes' favours ! There is, betwixt that smile we would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and their ruin. More pangs and fears than wars or women have ; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer,... 
