 | Popular poetry - English poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...days be thine, Oh, land of peace and rest — how long P Griffin. LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing long,...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Hen Jonson, MELROSE. IP thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - Children's poetry - 1862 - 372 pages
...would chop and change degree. Earl of Surrey CLXXII THE NOBLE NA TURE It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long...and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauty see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. Jonson CLXXIII THE RAINBOW My heart leaps... | |
 | Johann Heinrich D. Zschokke - 1863 - 384 pages
...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....small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures l1fe may perfect be. THE WAY TO A GOOD OLD AGE. PART II. Sctift1ms for Reading: — Deuteronomy... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1864 - 136 pages
...countries north of the Malay Peninsula. XLIV. THE GOOD LIFE A LONO LIFE. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. XLV. POTTEKY. Pottery is one of the most ancient as well... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 pages
...foes all they have thought. QUEEN ELIZABETH I 30 THE GOOD LIFE LONG LIFE is not growing like a tree in bulk, doth make Man better be; or standing long...flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties sec ; and in short measures life may perfect be. B. JONSON 31 ON A GRECIAN URN WHO are these coming... | |
 | Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 pages
...purity shall shine Glorious and bright throughout Eternity ! WE WILLIS. T is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing long...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light. ID small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. ARK... | |
 | Emily Taylor - English poetry - 1864 - 210 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. BEN JONSON. THE FATHER ON HIS DEAR SON, GERVAIS BEAUMONT. I, who have... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - Missions - 1864 - 428 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. From a Pindaric Ode on the Death of Sir II. Morison. BEN JONSON. LIFE... | |
 | Wise sayings - Maxims - 1864 - 394 pages
...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, diy, 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. The Fores!.— BEN JONSON. LIFE Joyous. All Seasons of In the species... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - Missionaries - 1864 - 416 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. From a Pindaric Ode on the Death of Sir H. Morison. BEN JONSON. LIFE... | |
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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... 
