 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...  The Secret of Long Life - Página 32por Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 145 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 432 páginas
...without particular reference to any one. 103. Ben Jonson, Ode on the Death of Sir H. Morison : — 275 " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To LJ I ! a log at last, dry, bald, and sear ; A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall... | |
 | Mary Abigail Dodge - 1867 - 384 páginas
...success and population and grainelevators ! " 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, brown, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May. Although it fall and die that night, It... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 780 páginas
...reference to any one. 103. Ben Jonson, Ode on tAe Death of Sir If. A/orison : — " It is not crowing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be , Or standing l.>r To fall a log a >ng an oak, three hundred year, it last, dry, bald, and sear : A lily of a day... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 páginas
...knowledge pure it is her worth to know : With Circe let them dwell that think not so. Anon. XL TRUE GROWTH. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 páginas
...which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long, an oak, three hundred...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 - 136 páginas
...your truth. BEN JONSON. LIVED 1574 TO 1637. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, that doth make man better be, Or 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 night, It was... | |
 | 1868 - 450 páginas
...years, not of life, but disease — It is not growing like a tree In bulk — doth make man bettor be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a los; at least, dry, bald, and Bear : A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die... | |
 | 1869 - 606 páginas
...last, for they are only shoddy — slioddy. " It is not growing like a trefl " 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 dio that night, " It was the... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 páginas
...JONSON (1573 — 1637). GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. 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... | |
 | 1869 - 568 páginas
...dared to aspire. " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk doth make man better be ; Or 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 night ; It was the plant and flower of... | |
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