 | George Thomas Coster - 1869 - 94 páginas
...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...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. " Apply these... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869
...art : 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... | |
 | 1869 - 547 páginas
...well, but they ffamrot last, for they are only shoddy — slioddy. " It is not growing like a trefl " In bulk, doth make man better be, " Or standing long...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 dio that night, " It was the... | |
 | 1869
...dared to aspire. " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk doth make man better be ; Or 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 that night ; It was the plant and flower of... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 672 páginas
...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 -*- In bulk, doth make...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... | |
 | 1870 - 438 páginas
...them dwell that think not so. XLI 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.... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 438 páginas
...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 night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 Ben Jonson.... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1871
...Ode on tbe Death of Sir H. Morison : — 275 " It is pot 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... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870
...Jonson, Ode on the Death of Sir H. Morison: — " 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... | |
 | simpkim marshall & co - 1871
...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...that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." Edmund Waller... | |
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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... 
