 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...  The British review and London critical journal - 147 ページ1817全文表示 - この書籍について
 | W. K. - 1865 - 260 ページ
...JOHNSON TO JAMES SHIRLEY. Period Third. JLife's 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... | |
 | Life thoughts - 1865 - 196 ページ
...chastisement of God.— SOUTH. The 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 sere. A lily of a day is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 238 ページ
...JOHNSON TO JAMES SHIRLEY. Period Third. Jlife's 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... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 ページ
...though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir Henry Wotton XCIV THE GOOD LIFE— LONG LIFE. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing long an t>ak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere ; A lily of a day Is fairer far... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 ページ
...ELM AT BRENTWOOD . 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. Ben Jonson. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS . Gilbert R. Barnes Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like... | |
 | Belgravia - 1870 - 558 ページ
...if a turnip-field were to brag over its superiority to a rose of Provence. What says Ben Jonson ? ' It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men...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... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 ページ
...and fade. J. H. NEWMAN. 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 sere. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 ページ
...fades. CCVIII. THE NOBLE NATURE. ' *? p fj^l';'. T is not growing like a tree gj 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... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 ページ
...name by well doing my duty; THE NOBLE NATURE. 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... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 ページ
...nothing, yet hath all. Bcn 3onson. THE NOBLE NATURE. TT 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... | |
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