 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 Cornhill Magazine - Page 688edited by - 1874Full view - About this book
 | W. K. - 1865 - 238 pages
...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...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... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 260 pages
...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...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... | |
 | A. M. G. B. - 1865 - 138 pages
...return of freedom. CHAPTEE II. Jfirst Jlltuss. " It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...bald, and sere. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May. Altho' it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | 424 pages
...growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; By standing long, an oak three hundred years, 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... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...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 phantoms... | |
 | Frances Martin - 1866 - 506 pages
...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...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... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 pages
...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...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 beauty... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 574 pages
...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...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... | |
 | R. C. J. - 1866 - 304 pages
...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...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... | |
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