 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
 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 páginas
...and to assist in leading some others into the path by which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make...log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day la fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 páginas
...dwell that think not so. Anon. XL TRUE GROWTH. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
 | George Thomas Coster - 1869 - 112 páginas
...evangelistic agency? As the old poet says — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. " Apply these words to the life of a church — of this church. Not the size of a church, not its length... | |
 | 1869 - 568 páginas
...standing like an oak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere ; A lily of the day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." — Ben Jonton. of Boohs. Life of Jesus for the Young. By Benjamin Clarke. H. Hall, 56, Old Bailey.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 páginas
...art : They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. — BEN JONSON (1573 — 1637). GOOD LIFE, 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... | |
 | 1869 - 606 páginas
...well, but they ffamrot last, for they are only shoddy — slioddy. " It is not growing like a trefl " In bulk, doth make man better be, " Or standing long...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 dio that night, " It was the... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 páginas
...have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white ! O so soft ! O so sweet is she ! THE NOBLE NATURE. TT Is not growing like a tree -*- In bulk, doth make...A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it foil and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 páginas
...standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 Ben Jonson. XLII THE BA TTLE OF AC1NCOURT. Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance,... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 468 páginas
...better be : Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear ; A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light." Halliwell, Die. of Arch, and Prov. Words: " BINDERS, small ceins of the Lower Empire, found at Wroxeter."... | |
 | 1870 - 462 páginas
...them dwell that think not so. XLI TRUE GROWTH. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
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