 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and...  Extracts from English Literature - Página 292por John Rolfe - 1867 - 383 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1861 - 228 páginas
...head from the top to the bottom? GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. EXTRACT FROM AN ODE PINDARIC. AUTHOR BORN 1754. A LILY of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it...light ! In small proportions we just beauties see ; THE CHILD'S REVERIE. The idea, of the following lines was really expressed by a little boy five years... | |
 | John Marshall Lowrie - 1861 - 294 páginas
...were fulfilled, "In sorrow shalt thou eat bread all the days of thy life." CHAPTER XXXV. LONG LIFE. " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...hundred year To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear ; A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | Charles Stanford - 1861 - 430 páginas
...poet has said : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be. A lily of the day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die...In small proportions we just beauties see, And in small measures life may perfeft be."* * Ben Jonson. This is true ; but we have more to say of the short... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 páginas
...song ; How long those blissful days be thine, Oh, land of peace and rest — how long P Griffin. LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Hen Jonson, MELROSE. IP thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ;... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 páginas
...boy to man, from man to boy, would chop and change degree. Earl of Surrey CLXXII THE NOBLE NA TURE It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauty see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. Jonson CLXXIII THE RAINBOW My heart leaps... | |
 | 1863 - 982 páginas
...though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir H. Wotton I LXXIII THE NOBLE NATURE ' T is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. Jonson LXXIV THE GIFTS OF GOD WHEN God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings standing by... | |
 | 1863 - 438 páginas
...having nothing, yet hath all. Sir H. Wotton LXXIII THE NOBLE NATURE TT is not growing like a tree JL In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. Jotison LXXIV THE GIFTS OF GOD WHEN God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings standing... | |
 | Johann Heinrich D. Zschokke - 1863 - 384 páginas
...not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or, standing long, an oak three-hundred year, To fall a log at last — dry, bald, and sere....proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures l1fe may perfect be. THE WAY TO A GOOD OLD AGE. PART II. Sctift1ms for Reading: — Deuteronomy xxxiv.... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1864 - 136 páginas
...Africa, India, Ceylon, and the countries north of the Malay Peninsula. XLIV. THE GOOD LIFE A LONO LIFE. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. XLV. POTTEKY. Pottery is one of the most ancient as well as one of the most interesting... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 páginas
...wrought, so God send to my foes all they have thought. QUEEN ELIZABETH I 30 THE GOOD LIFE LONG LIFE is not growing like a tree in bulk, doth make Man...flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties sec ; and in short measures life may perfect be. B. JONSON 31 ON A GRECIAN URN WHO are these coming... | |
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