 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
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 Seiten
...upbore. SARAH S. JACOBS : The Changeless Worbd. 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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 Seiten
...needed not ! W. Wordsworth * 67 * TRUE GROWTH 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 . 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 Seiten
...stage, But sing high and aloof, Safe from the wolfs black jaw and the dull ass's hoof.1 OF EARLY DYING. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...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... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 818 Seiten
...as they do, a world of 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... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 Seiten
...guard Of 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... | |
 | 1927 - 332 Seiten
...remember what wise old Ben Jonson tells 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 at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night —... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - 1949 - 802 Seiten
...will show the 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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 Seiten
...lines of life, and that's her air. (1. 59-64) 41 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man Each battle sees a log at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it fall and die that... | |
 | Tore Fr ngsmyr, Sture All n - 1993 - 180 Seiten
...realise 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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 Seiten
...the lines of 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... | |
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