 | 1857 - 574 pages
...* It is not growing, like a tree, In bulk, doth make man better be. A lily of the day Is fairer far in May : Although it fall and die that night, It was the flower and plant of light.' " EenJonton. The illustrious author of the "Angler" closes his memoir of... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1858 - 262 pages
...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 of light ! In small proportions we just beauties see : And in short measures life may perfect... | |
 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...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 of light. In small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect... | |
 | Walter Aimwell - 1858 - 282 pages
...of a day Is fairer far, in May, . Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light ! In small proportions we just beauties see : And in short measures Kfe may perfect be. BEK JOKBOK. THE MOTHER'S SACELFICE. " WHAT shall I render Thee, Father Supreme,... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 854 pages
...Handing long an oake, tbrco hundred ycare, To fall a loggc, at last, dry, bald, and sear* A lill i" of a day. Is fairer farre, in May, Although it fall, and die that night; It was the p.ant and flowro of light. In small proportions we just beauties sea And in short measures life may... | |
 | 1859 - 926 pages
...lily of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it full and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." OUR little Lilian is dead. The unwelcome angel has for the first time darkened our door, quenched the... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 828 pages
...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 flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 pages
...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 flower of light. j In small proportions we just beauties see, | And in short measures life may perfect... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 pages
...oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sore. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flow'r of light ; In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 838 pages
...growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better bo ; Or standing long on oak, three hundred year, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions wo just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect... | |
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A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. 
