 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...  The Chilswell Book of English Poetry - Էջ 26խմբագրել է - 1924 - 272 էջԱմբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - 168 էջ
...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...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 the plant and flower... | |
 | Johann Christian Ferdinand Hoefer - 1875 - 476 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...that night, — It was the plant and flower of light. " The white garden-lily is a native of the Levant, but has become thoroughly naturalised in England,... | |
 | John Dennis - 1876 - 466 էջ
...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,...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." As a dramatist Ben Jonson deserves to be read, and not only read, bnt studied, for his wit and humour,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 էջ
...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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. SONG OF HESPERUS. QUREN, and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 էջ
...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. rt C - FROM 1558 то 1625. Epitaph on the Countas of Pembroke. Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject... | |
 | 1876 - 1000 էջ
...be. Or standing like an oak, three hundred rear. To Rill a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A Illy of a day is fairer far in May ; Although It fall and...beauties see. And in short measures life may perfect be. —DUN. JONSOH. MEN do not make their homes unhappy because they have genius, bnt because they have... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 460 էջ
...stage, But sing high and aloof, Safe from the wolfs black jaw and the dull ass's hoof. 1 OF EARLY DYING. 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 and... | |
 | Robert Greene - 1876 - 576 էջ
...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...hundred year, To 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,... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 էջ
...stage, But sing high and aloof, Safe from the wolfs black jaw and the dull ass's hoof.1 OF EARLY DYING. 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... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 474 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...night, — It was the plant and flower of light." • The white garden-lily is a native of the Levant, but has become thoroughly naturalised in England,... | |
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