 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
 | 1877 - 948 pàgines
...on Morison's early death that Jonson wrote the beautiful lines which every one knows, beginning — It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make men better be. Falkland married, before he was of age, Morison's sister. The marriage gave mortal offence to his father.... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 818 pàgines
...as they do, a world of meaning within briefest compass : — It is not growing like a tree In hulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak,...hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it full and die that night — It was the plant... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pàgines
...guard Of thoughts to watch and ward . . . or of 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... | |
 | 1927 - 332 pàgines
...remember what wise old Ben Jonson tells us : — It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - 1949 - 802 pàgines
...will show the free form and the meditative tone : 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... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 pàgines
...lines of life, and that's her air. (1. 59-64) 41 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man Each battle sees sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and... | |
 | Tore Fr ngsmyr, Sture All n - 1993 - 180 pàgines
...realise where my heart is—Ben Jonson said: "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... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 pàgines
...the lines of life, and that's her air. THE TURN 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, 70 Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant... | |
 | Ernst A. Schmidt - 1996 - 500 pàgines
...lines of life, and that's her air. The Turn 65 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 70 Is fairer far in May; Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | Stephen Adams - 1997 - 260 pàgines
...labels as Jonson himself printed them: The Turn 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... | |
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