 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
 | Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards - 1879 - 318 Seiten
...still. George Herbert. THE PERFECT 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... | |
 | Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore - 1879 - 376 Seiten
...of Surrey CLXXII ; THE NOBLE NATURE 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... | |
 | Helen A Hertz - 1879 - 292 Seiten
...Lent. R. HERRICK. The Noble Nature. 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... | |
 | 1877 - 948 Seiten
...on Morison's early death that Jonson wrote the beautiful lines which every one knows, beginning — It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make men better be. Falkland married, before he was of age, Morison's sister. The marriage gave mortal offence... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 818 Seiten
...meaning within briefest compass : — It is not growing like a tree In hulk, doth make men 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 full and die that night — It was the plant... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 Seiten
...thoughts to watch and ward . . . or of 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... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - 1949 - 802 Seiten
...free form and the meditative tone : 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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...life, and that's her air. (1. 59-64) 41 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be. sees sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and... | |
 | Tore Fr ngsmyr, Sture All n - 1993 - 180 Seiten
...where my heart is—Ben Jonson said: "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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 Seiten
...life, and that's her air. THE TURN 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, 70 Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant... | |
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