 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...  The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song - Seite 310von Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 882 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1863 - 982 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...from 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...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 Seiten
...then unveiled, In all their purity shall shine Glorious and bright throughout Eternity ! WE WILLIS. T is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light. ID small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. ARK... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1864 - 416 Seiten
...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...beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be. From a Pindaric Ode on the Death of Sir H. Morison. BEN JONSON. LIFE AND LETTEES OF DAVID COIT SCUDDER.... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1864 - 210 Seiten
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. THE FATHER ON HIS DEAR SON, GERVAIS BEAUMONT. I, who have for others oft compiled The songs... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1864 - 428 Seiten
...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...beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be. From a Pindaric Ode on the Death of Sir II. Morison. BEN JONSON. LIFE AND LETTEES or DAYID COIT SCUDDER.... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 Seiten
...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, diy, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it...beauties see : And in short measures life may perfect be. The Fores!.— BEN JONSON. LIFE Joyous. All Seasons of In the species with which we are best acquainted,... | |
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