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... Sharpe's London magazine, a journal of entertainment and instruction ... - Էջ 71խմբագրել է Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| Dante Alighieri - 1870 - 468 էջ
...Morison: — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men 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... | |
| Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 180 էջ
...form perishes. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry,...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... | |
| Edis Searle - 1871 - 390 էջ
...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,...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... | |
| simpkim marshall & co - 1871 - 460 էջ
...Johnson !) ?— " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry,...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... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 էջ
...NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In hulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an ou 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... | |
| John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 էջ
...LlFE.-£en Jonson IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry,...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... | |
| 1872 - 710 էջ
...GBOWTH, Trae. It is not growing like a trco In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an night ; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short... | |
| Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 268 էջ
...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... | |
| Book - 1872 - 326 էջ
...its length : — It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men 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... | |
| John Tulloch - 1872 - 494 էջ
...himself : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men 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,... | |
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