 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...  Golden Leaves from the British Poets - Stran 19avtor: John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 546 straniCelotni ogled - O knjigi
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 strani
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. "PHILASTER." Act i., Scene 2. Philaster. I have a boy : Sent by the gods, I... | |
 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 strani
...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 strani
...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 die that...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 Ben Jonsan. XLI THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance,... | |
 | George Thomas Coster - 1869 - 112 strani
...evangelistic agency? As the old poet says — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. " Apply these words to the life of a church — of this church. Not the size of a church, not its length... | |
 | 1869 - 568 strani
...standing like an oak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere ; A lily of the day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." — Ben Jonton. of Boohs. Life of Jesus for the Young. By Benjamin Clarke. H. Hall, 56, Old Bailey.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 strani
...: They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. — BEN JONSON (1573 — 1637). GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...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... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 strani
...'nard in the fire ? Or have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white ! O so soft ! O so sweet is she ! THE NOBLE NATURE. TT Is not growing like a tree -*-...A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it foil and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 strani
...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 die that...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 Ben Jonson. XLII THE BA TTLE OF AC1NCOURT. Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance,... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 180 strani
...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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. It may. At the same time the short-lived ' flower of light,' with all its dainty beauty and subtle... | |
 | simpkim marshall & co - 1871 - 460 strani
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." Edmund Waller says truly— " Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired." But in another... | |
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