 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...  Old favourites from the elder poets, with a few newer friends, a selection ... - Sida 57efter Old favourites, Matilda Sharpe - 1881 - 393 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 sidor
...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 bulk, doth make man...Although it fall and die that night,— It was the plant of light. In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be. GEORGE... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 sidor
...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 bulk, doth make man...Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant of light. In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be. GEORGE... | |
 | Gail Hamilton - 1867 - 350 sidor
...poverty and failure and calmness and silence. Away with success and population and grainelevators ! " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make...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... | |
 | Mary Abigail Dodge - 1867 - 384 sidor
...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...night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportion we just beauties see, And in short measure life may perfect be." Bat hush ! infuriated gentle... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 264 sidor
...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...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light." 105. The babble of childhood ; pappo for pane, bread, and dindi for danari, money. Halliwell, Die.... | |
 | Dante Alighieri - 1867 - 432 sidor
...better be ; 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...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light." 105. The babble of childhood ; pappo for pane, bread, and dindi for danari, money., Halliwell, Die.... | |
 | British dramatists - 1868 - 138 sidor
...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 bulk, doth make man...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Johnson. THE ADVANTAGES OF TRAVEL. It draws the grossness off the understanding, , And renders... | |
 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 sidor
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." The title given to this volume was selected because it was regarded as exceedingly expressive of the... | |
 | Thomas Crampton - 1868 - 136 sidor
...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...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 - 188 sidor
...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.... | |
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