 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 ... - Page 363de Songs - 1856 - 609 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Maine O'Hara - 1866 - 346 pages
...my dear. Allow me just to remind you of what old Ben Jonson says of ' The noble nature ' : — ' It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ' " " I'll engage the same Ben Jonson was a little man himself, Miss Crosby. Well, I suppose you and... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...another, Fair, and wise, and good as she, Time shall throw his dart at thee ! THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...Although it fall and die that night,— It was the plant of light. In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be. GEORGE... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...another, Fair, and wise, and good as she, Time shall throw his dart at thee ! THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant of light. In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be. GEORGE... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - 1867 - 346 pages
...poverty and failure and calmness and silence. Away with success and population and grainelevators ! " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make man...an oak three hundred year, To fall, a log, at last, brown, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May. Although it fall and die that night, It... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 432 pages
...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To LJ I ! a log at last, dry, bald, and sear ; A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light." 105. The babble of childhood ; pappo for pane, bread, and dindi for danari, money., Halliwell, Die.... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 428 pages
...Jonson, Ode on the Deatb of Sir H. Morison : — " It it 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 tear ; A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 264 pages
...Jonson, Ode on the Death of Sir H. A/orison : — " 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 lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 pages
...to assist in leading some others into the path by which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make man...log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day la fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 pages
...dwell that think not so. Anon. XL TRUE GROWTH. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 pages
...verse distils your truth. BEN JONSON. LIVED 1574 TO 1637. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, that doth make man better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bold, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it fall and die that night, It was... | |
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