 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 363by Songs - 1856 - 609 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - 606 pages
...mere duration is, after all, no true standard for judging ; and Ben Jonson well reminds us : — " 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pages
...bee ! О so white ! 0 so soft ! 0 so sweet is she ! гном 1658 т.,] .. Good Lift, Long Life. It r therefore the rose, while yet is prime, sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 pages
...many friends, and laden as I am with sin, have been granted years, not of life, but disease — 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... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 pages
...wrote, — ' It is not growing, like a tree In bulk, doth make man better he ; Or standing long, nn oak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry,...Is fairer far in May. Although it fall and die that nijht It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties sec, And in short... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pages
...art t They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. -BEN JONSON (1574—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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...bag of the bee ! 0 to white ! 0 so lof t ! 0 to sweet is she ! то 1649. Good Life, Long Life, It d ; Nor let the water rising hi<;h, As thou wad'st in, make thee cry And eear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pages
...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. breaths with sweetmeats tainted are. Sometimes she gallops o'er a courtier's »us the plant and flower of light I In small proportions we just beauties see : And in short measures... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1848 - 460 pages
...three hundred yeare, To fall a logge at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lilie of a day, Is fairer farre, in May, Although it fall, and die that night, It was the plant and flowre of light! In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect... | |
 | 1848 - 460 pages
...three hundred yeare, To fall a logge at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lilie of a day, Is fairer farre, in May, Although it fall, and die that night, It was the plant and flow-re of light ! In small proportions we jest beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1850 - 710 pages
...tasted the bag of the bee I 0 so white ! 0 so soft ! 0 »o sweet i* ahe I Good Life, Long Life. It is old tenant full a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and... | |
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