 | 1861 - 236 pages
...the top to the bottom ? GOOD LIFE, LONG LITE. EXTBACT FROM AN ODE PlNDARIO. AUTHOR BORN 1764. A LILT of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it fall and...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. 168 PICTURES AND FLOTVEBS. THE CHILD'S REVERIE. The idea of the following lines was really expressed... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Hen Jonson, MELROSE. IP thou wouldst view fair Melrose aright, Go visit it by the pale moonlight ;... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1864 - 428 pages
...CROMLECHS 356 XVII. LAST LABORS — DEATH AND BURIAL 367 XVIII. CONCLUSION 386 INDEX • • • •. 397 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be. From a Pindaric Ode on the Death of Sir H. Morison. BEN JONSOH. LIFE AND LETTERS OF DAVID COIT SCUDDER.... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1864 - 428 pages
...SEARCH AMONG CROMLECHS 356 XVII. LAST LABORS — DEATH AND BURIAL 367 XVIII. CONCLUSION 386 INDEX 897 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be. From a Pindaric Ode on the Death of Sir II. Morison. BEN JONSON. LIFE AND LETTEES or DAYID COIT SCUDDER.... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1864 - 210 pages
...by fish, and surges fell, Whilst Willy weeps, and bids all joy farewell. W. BROWNE. EARLY RIPE. |T is not growing, like a tree, In bulk, doth make man...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. THE FATHER ON HIS DEAR SON, GERVAIS BEAUMONT. I, who have for others oft compiled The songs... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 pages
...bulk, doth make man 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...beauties see : And in short measures life may perfect be. The Fores!.— BEN JONSON. LIFE Joyous. All Seasons of In the species with which we are best acquainted,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1864 - 136 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. XLV. POTTEKY. Pottery is one of the most ancient as well as one of the most interesting... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 238 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JON SON. Co tfr l&olp Cunttj'. O HOLY, blessed, glorious Trinity Of Persons, still one God in unity,... | |
 | Life thoughts - 1865 - 196 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. Silent Prayer. THREEFOLD are the prayers of man to God, and their efficacy is also ascending... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...better be, Or standing like 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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. THE HOARY HEAD A CROWN OF GLORY. WHILE we call old age the winter of our life, we must beware lest... | |
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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 sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower... 
