 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...  Relfe brothers' model reading-books, in prose and verse, ed., with notes and ... - Pàgina 159editat per - 1882Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 pàgines
...needed not ! W. Wordsworth * 67 * TRUE GROWTH 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 . 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — .... It was... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 392 pàgines
...JOXSON. [1574- '637-l THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man Ix-tter lie; 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... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 558 pàgines
...was form'd, how fair ; These make the lines of life, and that's her air ! in. THE STROPHE, OR TURN. is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ;4 Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear : A lily... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 560 pàgines
...was form'd, how fair; These make the lines of life, and that's her air ! 1n. THE STROPHE, OR TURN. |T is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ;4 Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear : 4 // is... | |
 | Robert Greene - 1876 - 576 pàgines
...answered, and was formed, how fair; These make the lines of life, and that's her air l m. THE TURN. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear: A lily of a clay, Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 474 pàgines
...quoted we would oppose, as far worthier of a gallant spirit, Ben Jonson's admirable conclusions : — " 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... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1876 - 292 pàgines
...wrote some verses on his tablets, and afterwards read them aloud. The lines began in this way : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall at last, a log, dry, bald, and sear." And then he went on to say that it is gathering up all the virtue... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1877 - 576 pàgines
...OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. THE TRUE GROWTH. IT ig 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 seal : A lily of a day Is fairer far iu May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant... | |
 | John Dennis - 1876 - 466 pàgines
...world of meaning within briefest compass: " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man betler 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 pàgines
...JON8ON. (1574- '637-I THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better bo; 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... | |
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