 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
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 Seiten
...sweet is she ! THE NOBLE NATURE. TT 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 foil and die that night — It was the plant... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 468 Seiten
...without particular reference to any one. 103. Ben Jonson, Ode on the Death of Sir H. Morison: — " 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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...AND REFLECTION. THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In hulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and scar ^ A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant... | |
 | simpkim marshall & co - 1871 - 460 Seiten
...Kingdom teaches lessons all ought to learn. What does Ben Johnson say (oh, rare Ben Johnson !) ?— " 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 sere.... | |
 | Edis Searle - 1871 - 390 Seiten
...IX. A SATURDAY EVENING ................ 126 "rt APTPT3. ZTTTTL HETTY'S RESOLVE. CHAPTER I. AT HOME. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing like an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere.... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 180 Seiten
...verse, and, if there is thought in it, that thought will live, even though the rhythmic form perishes. 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 sere... | |
 | 1872 - 710 Seiten
...nearer to the sky. 1636. GBOWTH, Trae. It is not growing like a trco In bulk, doth make men better be ; 9 sere. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | Book - 1872 - 326 Seiten
...above us Soon the tears of sorrow gave. The perfection of life does not depend on its length : — 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.... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 Seiten
...Farewell. The hopes of court; my hopes in heaven do dwell. \Exeunt. THE GOOD LIFE—LONG LlFE.-£en Jonson 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 sere... | |
 | Little folk - 1873 - 282 Seiten
...Г ©ctober THE NOBLE NATURE. ' Т 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... | |
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