 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 - Page 662by William Cullen Bryant - 1877Full view - About this book
 | John Tulloch - 1872 - 494 pages
...applied prophetically to Falkland himself : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant, the flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures, life may perfect... | |
 | 1872 - 710 pages
...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. u(. be. Ben Jonson. 1637. GUIDANCE, Christ's. Jesus, still lead on, Till our rest be won ; And although... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - 1872 - 168 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. Sir FH Doyle. Supposed to be narrated by a soldier who s^lrv^ved. (The... | |
 | Frederick A. Laing - 1873 - 262 pages
...when it grows, and smella, I swear, Not of itself, but thee."— The Forest. GOOD LIFE : LONG LIFE. " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see: And in short measures life may perfect be." FRANCIS BEAUMONT (b. 1586, d. 1615), and JOHN FLETCHER (6. 1576, d. 1625). — These were two... | |
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...light ! To the Memory of my Moved Master, William Shakipenre, and hath left us. GOOD LIFE LONG LIFE. . IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see : And in short measures life may perfect be. The Forest. AN EPITAPH. HEBE lies, to each her parents' ruth, Mary, the daughter of their youth... | |
 | Little folk - 1873 - 282 pages
...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...beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Joiison. flobember tit. NOVEMBER. DARK on the earth November lies ; Cloud, fog, and storm o'ergloom... | |
 | Albert Walker - 1873 - 276 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Jonson. LOVE. Love is the great instrument of nature, the bond and cement of soc1ety, the spirit... | |
 | 1874 - 820 pages
...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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. AMERICAN SAINTS. The canonized saints or beatified servants | of God who lived or labored... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 pages
...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...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. LESSONS ON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS. CHEMISTRY. 1. ELEMENTARY AND COMPOUND MATTER. 1. Matter is divided... | |
 | 1874 - 870 pages
...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : GY _ -m "ƌ A O7"m PXz ϥqt ݎ s be. As a dramatist Ben Jonson deserves to be read, and not only read but studied, for his wit and humour,... | |
| |
