 | Rosaline Orme Masson - English poetry - 1876 - 460 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. A LOVE SONG. O, do not wanton with those eyes, Lest I be sick with seeing;... | |
 | Phrenology - 1876 - 1000 pages
...be. Or standing like an oak, three hundred rear. To Rill a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A Illy of a day is fairer far in May ; Although It fall and...small proportions we just beauties see. And in short measures life may perfect be. —DUN. JONSOH. MEN do not make their homes unhappy because they have... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...earth, And nearer to the sky. 1648. GROWTH. True IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men thout tomb. Out of a life of commotion, Tempest-swept measures life may perfect be. Jonson. 1649. GROWTH IN GRACE : desired. Он, Jesus Christ, grow Thou... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...but take the things Youth needed not ! W. Wordsworth * 67 * TRUE GROWTH IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be ; Or standing long...Although it fall and die that night — It was the planf and flower of Light ! In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life... | |
 | Lady Frances Parthenope Verney - Natural history - 1877 - 282 pages
...In bulk, doth make man better be, Or standing long an oak, six hundred year, To fall at last a log, dry, bald, and sere.— A lily of a day Is fairer...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." I : : 265 la: little life on THE LATJEEL BUSH: AN OLD-FASHIONED LOVE... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 630 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 bo. BEN JONSON. HONOR. SAY, what is Honor ? 'Tis the finest sense Of justice... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - 1878 - 324 pages
...is right, and prays to be so still. George Herbert. THE PERFECT 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. B. Jonson, THE VIRTUOUS SOUL. 49 THE VIRTUOUS SOUL. SWEET day, so cool,... | |
 | Amelia B. Edwards - English poetry - 1878 - 332 pages
...is right, and prays to be so still. George Heritfrt. THE PERFECT LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be; Or standing long...Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that nightIt was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short... | |
 | Robert Greene, Christopher Marlowe, Ben Jonson - English poetry - 1878 - 576 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. THE COUKTER-TUHH. Call, noblo Lucius, then for wine, And let thy looks... | |
 | John Cunningham Geikie - 1878 - 232 pages
...better be ; Or standing long, an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : l 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. 2 Venus, the evening star. birth-place of Artemis, or Diana, 3 Cynthia,... | |
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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... 
