 | Walter Aimwell - 1858 - Страниц: 262
...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. BXH JOHSOH. THE MOTHER'S SACRIFICE. • " WHAT shall I render Thee, Father Supreme, For thy rich gifts,... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - Страниц: 298
...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - Страниц: 828
...kinds of completeness besides length of days : — It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...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... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1860 - Страниц: 274
...had brought.] THE GOOD LIFE A LONG LIFE. 10 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, | doth make man better be ; | Or standing long, an oak three hundred...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... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - Страниц: 356
...yet hath all. Sir ff. Wotlon THE NOBLE NATURE It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...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 us... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - Страниц: 438
...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...in short measures life may perfect be. B. JONSON. (Eboealion % butg of % Slats. O FOR the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her... | |
 | John Marshall Lowrie - 1861 - Страниц: 294
...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...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 of... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - Страниц: 246
...of peace and rest — how long P Griffin. LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing long, an oak three hundred...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Hen Jonson, MELROSE. IP thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ;... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - Страниц: 372
...degree. Earl of Surrey CLXXII THE NOBLE NA TURE It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak three hundred...and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauty see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. Jonson CLXXIII THE RAINBOW My heart leaps... | |
 | 1863 - Страниц: 982
...all. Sir H. Wotton I LXXIII THE NOBLE NATURE ' T is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...And in short measures life may perfect be. B. Jonson LXXIV THE GIFTS OF GOD WHEN God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings standing by ; Let us... | |
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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... 
