 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 Literary World - Seite 311881Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 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... | |
 | 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 men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 Seiten
...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 that night, It was the plant and... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 Seiten
...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 that night; It was the plant... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 Seiten
...wrote, — ' It is not growing, like a tree In bulk, doth make man better he ; Or standing long, nn 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 nijht It was the plant... | |
 | 1878 - 300 Seiten
...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 that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...! то 1649. Good Life, Long Life, It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be, hee cry And eear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 Seiten
...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 that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | 1851 - 496 Seiten
...DIED, 1637. 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 that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | 1879 - 474 Seiten
...activities. Old Ben Johnson sings : — " 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 a plant... | |
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