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
| John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 Seiten
...Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain a good name by well doing my duty; THE NOBLE NATURE. 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. THE ROBIN'S TEMPERANCE SONG. TASKED a sweet... | |
| Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 Seiten
...flower which never fades. CCVIII. THE NOBLE NATURE. ' *? p fj^l';'. T is not growing like a tree gj In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long...small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measure life may perfect be. B. Jonson. CCIX. CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. happy is he born and taught... | |
| John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 Seiten
...and the sect Epicurean, and the Stoic severe. Paradise Regained, Book IV. LIFE — ITS TKUE ESTIMATE. IT is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. ' ' ' BBN JONSON. '. i TIME steals away like to a stream, And we glide hence away with him ; No sound... | |
| Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 Seiten
...slain another, Fair, and wise, and good as she, Time shall throw his dart at thee ! THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...Although it fall and die that night,— It was the plant of light. In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be. GEORGE... | |
| Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 Seiten
...slain another, Fair, and wise, and good as she, Time shall throw his dart at thee ! THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant of light. In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be. GEORGE... | |
| British dramatists - 1868 - 138 Seiten
...wet weakness To drown a glorious death in child and woman ? Beaumont and Fletcher. THE NOBLE NATURE. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Johnson. THE ADVANTAGES OF TRAVEL. It draws the grossness off the understanding, , And renders... | |
| Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 Seiten
...some others into the path by which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like e, tree, In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." The title given to this volume was selected because it was regarded as exceedingly expressive of the... | |
| Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 Seiten
...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bold, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. "PHILASTER." Act i., Scene 2. Philaster. I have a boy : Sent by the gods, I... | |
| Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 Seiten
...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.... | |
| George Thomas Coster - 1869 - 112 Seiten
...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... | |
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