...soliloquy: I have ventur'd, Like 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...under me, and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must for ever hide me. (lines 358—64) That these lines...

...on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory, But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride 430 At length broke under me and now has left me, Weary and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream that must forever hide me. Vain pomp and glory of this world,...