 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 Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language - Стр. 64авторы: Francis Turner Palgrave - 1924 - Страниц: 483Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1874 - Страниц: 870
...standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day A O7"m PXz ϥqt ݎ s As a dramatist Ben Jonson deserves to be read, and not only read but studied, for his wit and humour,... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - Страниц: 280
...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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. LESSONS ON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS. CHEMISTRY. 1. ELEMENTARY AND COMPOUND MATTER. 1. Matter is divided into... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1875 - Страниц: 168
...and shining youth Age might but take the things Youth needed not ! W. Wordsworth * 67 * TRUE GROWTH IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. to B. s1 a prodigal's favourite, wasting the many gifts of Youth 22 a miser' s pensioner, getting the... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - Страниц: 560
...analogies." p. xi. For the proof of this we are referred to the present ode, which, with the A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that...see ; And in short measures, life may perfect be. THE ANTISTROPHE, OR COUNTER-TURN. | ALL, noble Lucius, then for wine, And let thy looks with gladness... | |
 | 1875 - Страниц: 260
...long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fair* far, in May, Although it fall and die that night,...beauties see : And in short measures life may perfect be BEN JOMSCOT. THE MOTHER'S SACRIFICE. " WHAT shall I render Thee, Father Supreme, For thy rich gifts,... | |
 | Johann Christian Ferdinand Hoefer - 1875 - Страниц: 476
...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 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... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - Страниц: 794
...wore, And the strong, mighty roots the giant trunks upbore. SARAH S. JACOBS : The Changeless Worbd. 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... | |
 | Robert Greene - 1876 - Страниц: 576
...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 not... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - Страниц: 454
...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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. A LOVE SONG. O, do not wanton with those eyes, Lest I be sick with seeing ; Nor cast them down, but... | |
 | John Dennis - 1876 - Страниц: 466
...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...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,... | |
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