 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
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - Страниц: 332
...Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and wise, and good as she, Time shall throw his dart at thee ! THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In...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 of light. In small proportions... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - Страниц: 332
...Death, ere thou hast slain another, Fair, and wise, and good as she, Time shall throw his dart at thee ! THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In...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 of light. In small... | |
 | John Rolfe - 1867 - Страниц: 404
...and the sect Epicurean, and the Stoic severe. Paradise Regained, Book IV. LIFE — ITS TKUE ESTIMATE. IT is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make...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 of light. In... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - Страниц: 458
...dwell that think not so. Anon. XL TRUE GROWTH. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...see, And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 Ben Jonsan. XLI THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance,... | |
 | British dramatists - 1868 - Страниц: 138
...so much of this wet weakness To drown a glorious death in child and woman ? Beaumont and Fletcher. THE NOBLE NATURE. It is not growing like a tree In...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 of light. In... | |
 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - Страниц: 188
...and to assist in leading some others into the path by which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make...log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day la fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - Страниц: 136
...standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bold, 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. BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER. "PHILASTER." Act i., Scene 2. Philaster. I have a boy : Sent by the gods, I... | |
 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - Страниц: 188
...some others into the path by which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like e, tree, In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing...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 of light.... | |
 | George Thomas Coster - 1869 - Страниц: 112
...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. " Apply these words to the life of a church — of this church. Not the size of a church, not its length... | |
 | 1869 - Страниц: 568
...standing like an oak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere ; A lily of the day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." — Ben Jonton. of Boohs. Life of Jesus for the Young. By Benjamin Clarke. H. Hall, 56, Old Bailey.... | |
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