 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 Dublin University Magazine: A Literary and Political Journal - Página 7321878Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1816 - 464 páginas
...air ! III. THE STROPHE, OR TURN. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ;4 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... | |
 | 1817 - 522 páginas
...indeed, conceived in the best manner of Pindar : " 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 lilly of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | 1840 - 818 páginas
...indeed was right— ' It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth made men better be; Or Handing like an oak three hundred year To fall a log at last, dry, bald and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far iii May, Although it fall and die that night It was the plant and... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 páginas
...; Thou entertaining in thy breast But such a mind, makest God thy guest. THE GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...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 flower... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1847 - 606 páginas
...mere duration is, after all, no true standard for judging ; and Ben Jonson well reminds us : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...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 James Linton - 1844 - 340 páginas
...outlived many friends, and laden as I am with sin, have been granted years, not of life, but disease — It is not growing like a tree In bulk,— doth make...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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 páginas
...the bee ! О so white ! 0 so soft ! 0 so sweet is she ! гном 1658 т.,] .. Good Lift, Long Life. ther therefore the rose, while yet is prime, sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 páginas
...wrote, — ' It is not growing, like a tree In bulk, doth make man better he ; Or standing long, nn 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 nijht It was the plant and... | |
 | 1878 - 300 páginas
...those who climb are heroes less, Though I must walk in night. — Spectator. THE GOOD LITE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 páginas
...of art t They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. -BEN JONSON (1574—1637). GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...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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