 A lily of a day, 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.  Every-day Religion - Էջ 359James Freeman Clarke - 1886 - 464 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 էջ
...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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. CAREW. THOMAS CAREW was born AD 1589, and descended from a family of the same name, long settled in... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1858 - 282 էջ
...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...proportions we just beauties see : And in short measures Kfe may perfect be. BEK JOKBOK. THE MOTHER'S SACELFICE. " WHAT shall I render Thee, Father Supreme,... | |
 | 1859 - 926 էջ
...gives him a throw. SOUTH. A GATHERED LILY. "A lily of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it full and die that night, It was the plant and flower of...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." OUR little Lilian is dead. The unwelcome angel has for the first time darkened our door, quenched the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 828 էջ
...length of days : — 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,...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. As the years go on, there gathers a special radiance of eternal youth around some of the figures from... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 802 էջ
...dimness we can faintly discern that life has other kinds of completeness besides length of days : — Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. A s the years go on, there gathers a special radiance of eternal youth around some of the figures from... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 էջ
...lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flow'r of light ; In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. CHKISTMAS CHIMES. Smm. THE chimes, the chimes of Motherland, Of England, green and old, That out from... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 էջ
...fairer far in May, | Although it fall and die that night ; | It was the plant and flower of light. j In small proportions we just beauties see, | And in short measures life may perfect be. | 3. How he bade— Subs. Sent, in appos. with "it" inline 1. 4, 5. That his two hands . . . sec—... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 էջ
...THE NOBLE NATURE 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,...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. LXXIV THE GIFTS OF GOD When God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings standing by ; Let... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 էջ
...better be ; Or standing like 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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. JONSON. (Eboealion % butg of % Slats. O FOR the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge... | |
 | John Marshall Lowrie - 1861 - 294 էջ
...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...beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be." B. THE long lives of men in the early history of the orld are a matter of interest to us, whose term... | |
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