HORAT. Carm. l. ii. ode 1.
O thou! the earthly author of my blood,
Whose youthful spirit, in me regenerate,
Doth with a twofold vigour lift me up,
To reach at victory above my head.
Richard II. act i. sc. 4.
Northumberland, thou ladder wherewithal
The mounting Bolingbroke ascends my throne.
Richard II. act v. so. 2.
Antony. Why was I rais'd the meteor of the world,
Hung in the skies: and blazing as I travell'd,
Till all my fires were spent; and then cast downward,
To be trod out by Cæsar?