 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...  Favorite Poems: Selected from English and American Authors - الصفحة 422بواسطة Joseph H. Head - 1884 - عدد الصفحات: 456عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Robert Anderson - 1795 - عدد الصفحات: 912
...better be ; Or (landing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at hft, dry, bald, and fear : A lily of a day, Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It wa. the plant and flower if light. In fmnll proportions we juts beauties fee : And in fhort meafurcs... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - عدد الصفحات: 464
...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 : A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant... | |
 | 1817 - عدد الصفحات: 522
...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 : A lilly of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1834 - عدد الصفحات: 408
...rich in good works. It is not growing, like a tree, In bulk, doth make man better be. A lily of the day Is fairer far in May ; Although it fall and die that night, It was the flower and plant of light. BEN JONS ON. The flower was only transplanted into a heavenly garden, where... | |
 | Robert Aris Willmott - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 388
...rich in good works. It is not growing, like a tree, In bulk, doth make man better be. A lily of the day Is fairer far in May ; Although it fall and die that night, It was the flower and plant of light. BEV JON-SON. The flower was only transplanted into a heavenly garden, where... | |
 | 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 818
...oak three hundred year To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far iii May, Although it fall and die that night It was the plant and flower of light. On pronouncing theso beautiful lines; "It is almost impossible, ' he said, " uftcr these rebuffs, to... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 624
...God 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...and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. SIR HENRY WOTTON. THIS elegant writer was... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 340
...years, not of life, but disease — 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - عدد الصفحات: 692
...гном 1658 т.,] .. Good Lift, Long Life. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better I H sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - عدد الصفحات: 606
...and Ben Jonson well reminds 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 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... | |
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