 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 and flower...  A New Library of Poetry and Song - Seite 662von William Cullen Bryant - 1877Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 474 Seiten
...whiteness ") are mostly very handsome. Ben Jonson, speaking of the ordinary lily, says, very finely — " It is not growing like a tree „ In bulk, doth make...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 Greenleaf Whittier - 1876 - 562 Seiten
...better bo; 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...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... | |
 | John Dennis - 1876 - 466 Seiten
...betler 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...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... | |
 | 1876 - 1000 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Robert Greene - 1876 - 576 Seiten
...standing long an oak, three 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...beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. THE COUNTER-TURN. Accept this garland, plant it on thy head, And think, nay know, thy Moiison's... | |
 | Mortimer Collins, Mrs. Mortimer Collins - 1877 - 308 Seiten
...Jonson's lovely lines— " It is not growing like a tree In balk doth make men better be; Or standing like an oak three hundred year, To fall a log at last,...that night, It was the plant and flower of light." As I write I see many trees that I have planted on my lawn, and wonder who will enjoy their shade and... | |
 | Mrs. Mortimer Collins - 1877 - 502 Seiten
...lovely lines — " 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,...that night, It was the plant and flower of light." As I write I see many trees that I have planted on my lawn, and wonder who will enjoy their shade and... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 Seiten
...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. t. 1739. HEART: out of tune. BIRD, blossom, branch,...what a hymn divine Breathes from this golden noon ; be. Jonson. 1649. GROWTH IN GRACE : desired. Он, Jesus Christ, grow Thou in me, And all things else... | |
 | Lady Frances Parthenope Verney - 1877 - 284 Seiten
...better be, - Or standing long an oak, six hundred year, To fall at last a log, dry, bald, and sere. — A lily of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." had done what she could ; " her little life on I earth had not been wasted. THE END. p tlje gttttljor... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1878 - 788 Seiten
...wore, And the strong, mighty roots the giant trunks upbore. SARAH S. JACOBS : The Changeless World. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see : And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON : Good Life, Long Life. Those green-robed senators of mighty woods, Tall oaks, branch-charmed... | |
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