 | 1874 - 820 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. AMERICAN SAINTS. The canonized saints or beatified servants | of God who lived or labored... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 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. LESSONS ON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS. CHEMISTRY. 1. ELEMENTARY AND COMPOUND MATTER. 1. Matter is divided into... | |
 | 1874 - 870 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 fall...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. As a dramatist Ben Jonson deserves to be read, and not only read but studied, for his wit and humour,... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - 1875 - 794 pages
...wore, And the strong, mighty roots the giant trunks upbore. SARAH S. JACOBS : The Changeless Worbd. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see: And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON : Good Life, Long Lip. Those green-robed senators of mighty woods. Tall oaks, branch-charmed... | |
 | Johann Christian Ferdinand Hoefer - 1875 - 476 pages
...whiteness ") are mostly very handsome. Ben Jonson, speaking of the ordinary lily, says, very finely — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...that night, — It was the plant and flower of light. " The white garden-lily is a native of the Levant, but has become thoroughly naturalised in England,... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1875 - 560 pages
...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred yenr, 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. SONG OF HESPERTJ8. QUEEN, and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - 1875 - 560 pages
...unnatural analogies." p. xi. For the proof of this we are referred to the present ode, which, with the A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it...see ; And in short measures, life may perfect be. THE ANTISTROPHE, OR COUNTER-TURN. | ALL, noble Lucius, then for wine, And let thy looks with gladness... | |
 | 1875 - 260 pages
...him, bu* he shall not return to me." — Second Book qi Samuel. A SHORT LIFE MAY BE A 1'EKFECT ONE IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fair* far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light ! In small... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Robert Carruthers - 1876 - 870 pages
...slay me ; Nor spread them as distraught with fears ; Mine own enough betray me. Good Life, Long Life. Unto such t FROM 1558 то 1625. Epitaph on the Countas of Pembroke. Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject... | |
 | Rosaline Orme Masson - 1876 - 454 pages
...jaw and the dull ass's hoof.1 OF EARLY DYING. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...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 ; Nor cast them down, but... | |
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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... 
