 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...  A dictionary of poetical illustrations - Página 314de Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
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...growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; By standing long, an oak three hundred years, To fall a log at last, dry bald and sere ; A lily...light. In small proportions, we just beauties see, Arid in short measures, life may perfect be. FOR LONDON BIBLE AND DOMESTIC FEMALE MISSIONS. Money received... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 páginas
...nothing, yet hath all. Bcn 3onson. THE NOBLE NATURE. TT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. HYMN TO DIANA. T~\RINK to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ; Or leave a kiss but... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 páginas
...and fade. J. H. NEWMAN. 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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. ON HIS BEING ARRIVED TOTHE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 páginas
...fades. CCVIII. THE NOBLE NATURE. ' *? p fj^l';'. T is not growing like a tree gj In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measure life may perfect be. B. Jonson. CCIX. CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE. happy is he born and taught... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 páginas
...name by well doing my duty; THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak three hundred...and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauty see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. THE ROBIN'S TEMPERANCE SONG. TASKED a sweet... | |
 | William Martin - 1866 - 426 páginas
...hundred yeare, To fall a logge at last — dry, bald, and scare. z A lillie of a day, Is fairer farr, in May, Although it fall, and die that night, It was...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be, As in a painter's picture you may see ! THE DOWRY PICTURE. THE DOWRY PICTURE. NOW is the season of... | |
 | Belgravia - 1870 - 558 páginas
...if a turnip-field were to brag over its superiority to a rose of Provence. What says Ben Jonson ? ' It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men...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... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 páginas
...Regained, Book IV. LIFE — ITS TKUE ESTIMATE. IT is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. ' ' ' BBN JONSON. '. i TIME steals away like to a stream, And we glide hence away with him ; No sound... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 páginas
...shall throw his dart at thee ! THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...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 páginas
...shall throw his dart at thee ! THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...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... | |
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