 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...  The British review and London critical journal - Стр. 1471817Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | English poems - 1870 - Страниц: 722
...soft ! O so sweet is she ! THE NOBLE NATURE. TT 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 foil and die that night — It was the plant... | |
 | simpkim marshall & co - 1871 - Страниц: 460
...Kingdom teaches lessons all ought to learn. What does Ben Johnson say (oh, rare Ben Johnson !) ?— " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...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... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1871 - Страниц: 180
...verse, and, if there is thought in it, that thought will live, even though the rhythmic form perishes. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - Страниц: 968
...OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In hulk, doth make man was Ч That thus hath cozened you at hoodman-blind ? Eyes without feeling, feeling without si scar ^ A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant... | |
 | Edis Searle - 1871 - Страниц: 390
...IX. A SATURDAY EVENING ................ 126 "rt APTPT3. ZTTTTL HETTY'S RESOLVE. CHAPTER I. AT HOME. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing like an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day Is fairer... | |
 | Book - 1872 - Страниц: 326
...above us Soon the tears of sorrow gave. The perfection of life does not depend on its length : — It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...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... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - Страниц: 168
...Farewell. The hopes of court; my hopes in heaven do dwell. \Exeunt. THE GOOD LIFE—LONG LlFE.-£en Jonson IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men...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... | |
 | Poems - 1872 - Страниц: 362
...felt the pledge And sweetness of the farther shore. JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. TT is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make men...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... | |
 | 1872 - Страниц: 710
...little farther from the earth, And nearer to the sky. 1636. GBOWTH, Trae. It is not growing like a trco er sere. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - Страниц: 268
...—BEN JONSON (1573— 1637). 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...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... | |
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