 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...  Stories from history, by E. Taylor and other authors - Seite 3von Emily Taylor - 1876Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - 912 Seiten
...furm'd ; how {air Thcfe make the lines of life, and dial's her air. Tie rilrJ T«rn «/ Ten. It is noc growing like a Tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or (landing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at hft, dry, bald, and fear : A lily of a day,... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 Seiten
...was form'd, how fair; These make the lines of life, and that's her air ! III. THE STROPHE, OR TURN. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ;4 Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear : A lily... | |
 | 1817 - 522 Seiten
...fire, which make his verses clear :" one stanza is, indeed, conceived in the best manner of Pindar : " It is not growing, like a tree In bulk, doth make...standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear : A lilly of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...lived at all. Farewell ! GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. 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... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 Seiten
...makest God thy guest. THE GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. 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... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 Seiten
...granted years, not of life, but disease — 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 sear: A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - 606 Seiten
...judging ; and Ben Jonson well reminds us : — " 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 sear. A lily of a day Is fairer, far, in May, Although it fall and die... | |
 | 1878 - 300 Seiten
...night. — Spectator. THE GOOD LITE, LONG LIFE. 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...sweet is she ! то 1649. Good Life, Long Life, It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man g& w A[ Q / i o Q V/=m 8 t U ˠ" H zd hH a log at last, dry, bald, and eear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 Seiten
...-BEN JONSON (1574—1637). GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. 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 sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die... | |
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