 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...  A dictionary of poetical illustrations - Стр. 314авторы: Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - Страниц: 466
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 Ben Jonson. XLII THE BA TTLE OF AC1NCOURT. Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance,... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1870 - Страниц: 468
...without particular reference to any one. 103. Ben Jonson, Ode on the Death of Sir H. Morison: — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...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 - 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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." Edmund Waller says truly— " Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired." But in another... | |
 | 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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. It may. At the same time the short-lived ' flower of light,' with all its dainty beauty and subtle... | |
 | Edis Searle - 1871 - Страниц: 390
...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,...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. " SHE seemed really sorry about it. Well, it is strange. I should never have thought she... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - Страниц: 968
...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and scar ^ s without hands or eyes, smelling sans all, Or but...thou canst mutine in a matron's bones, To flaming BEN JONSON. MY MINDE TO ME A KINGDOM IS. MY minde to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein l finde... | |
 | 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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. Sir FH Doyle. Supposed to be narrated by a soldier who s^lrv^ved. (The... | |
 | 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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. I WILL ARISE. A 1 7"HO, toiling on the weary round of life, * * But feels sometimes, —... | |
 | 1872 - Страниц: 710
...little farther from the earth, And nearer to the sky. 1636. GBOWTH, Trae. It is not growing like a trco er Ben Jonson. 1637. GUIDANCE, Christ's. Jesus, still lead on, Till our rest be won ; And although the... | |
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