 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 that night; It was the plant and flower...  Songs of the Soul, Derived from the Writings of British, Continental, and ... - Seite 363von Songs - 1856 - 609 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - 606 Seiten
...mere duration is, after all, no true standard for judging ; and Ben Jonson well reminds us : — " 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 Seiten
...bee ! О so white ! 0 so soft ! 0 so sweet is she ! гном 1658 т.,] .. Good Lift, Long Life. It r therefore the rose, while yet is prime, sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 Seiten
...many friends, and laden as I am with sin, have been granted years, not of life, but disease — 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... | |
 | 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,...Is fairer far in May. Although it fall and die that nijht It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties sec, And in short... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 Seiten
...art t They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. -BEN JONSON (1574—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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 Seiten
...bag of the bee ! 0 to white ! 0 so lof t ! 0 to sweet is she ! то 1649. Good Life, Long Life, It d ; Nor let the water rising hi<;h, As thou wad'st in, make thee cry And eear. 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
...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's »us the plant and flower of light I In small proportions we just beauties see : And in short measures... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1848 - 460 Seiten
...three hundred yeare, To fall a logge at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lilie of a day, Is fairer farre, in May, Although it fall, and die that night, It was the plant and flowre of light! In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect... | |
 | 1848 - 460 Seiten
...three hundred yeare, To fall a logge at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lilie of a day, Is fairer farre, in May, Although it fall, and die that night, It was the plant and flow-re of light ! In small proportions we jest beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect... | |
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