 | George Thomas Coster - 1869 - 112 pages
...evangelistic agency? As the old poet says — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. " Apply these words to the life of a church — of this church. Not the... | |
 | 1869 - 730 pages
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 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 pages
...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...small proportions we just beauties see : And in short measures life may perfect be. — Ibid. SO NG — TO C ELI A. DRINK to me only with thine eyes, And... | |
 | 1869 - 568 pages
...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...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." — Ben Jonton. of Boohs. Life of Jesus for the Young. By Benjamin Clarke.... | |
 | 1870 - 136 pages
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 | English poems - 1870 - 722 pages
...? O so white ! O so soft ! O so sweet is she ! THE NOBLE NATURE. TT Is not growing like a tree -*- In bulk, doth make Man better be; Or standing long...A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it foil and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties... | |
 | simpkim marshall & co - 1871 - 460 pages
...Ben Johnson say (oh, rare Ben Johnson !) ?— " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." Edmund Waller says truly— " Small is the worth Of beauty from the... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 180 pages
...will live, even though the rhythmic form perishes. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. It may. At the same time the short-lived ' flower of light,' with all... | |
 | Edis Searle - 1871 - 390 pages
...CHAPTER I. AT HOME. 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,...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. " SHE seemed really sorry about it. Well, it is strange.... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 pages
...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and scar ^ s without hands or eyes, smelling sans all, Or but...thy blush ? Rebellious hell, If thou canst mutine in measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. MY MINDE TO ME A KINGDOM IS. MY minde to me a kingdom is... | |
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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... 
