...better be ;4 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...beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. * It is not growing like a tree, &c.] " The qaalities of rind perception and happy expression" (it...

...what thou art possessed ; Thou entertaining in thy breast But such a mind, makest God thy guest. THE GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. SIR HENRY WOTTON. THIS elegant writer was born in Kent, in 1568. He enjoyed several public offices...

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...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...see ; And in short measures, life may perfect be. And I would appeal for the truth of this to myself, and to my noble Lucins near me, one grown old to...

...bright, Nor those who climb are heroes less, Though I must walk in night. — Spectator. THE GOOD LITE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. —Ben Jonton. "TAKE NO THOUGHT." OH, leave thyself to God, and if, indeed, 'Tis given thee to perform...

...what thou art possessed ; Thou entertaining in thy breast But such a mind, makest Ood thy guest. THE GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. THOMAS CAREW. THIS poet was born about 1577. He received his education at Corpus Christ! College, Oxford,...

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...to praise, Winch gives thee power to be, and use the same. BEN JONSON. BORX, 1574; DIED, 1637. THE GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree...light. In small proportions we just beauties see, Ami in short measures life may perfect be. HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. HEAR me, O God ! A broken heart...

...days and years merely, but in pure thoughts, and Christ-like activities. Old Ben Johnson sings : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...May ; Although it fall and die that night. It was a plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties sec, And in short measures life...

...may fear to die. It is not growing, like a tree In bulk, doth make man better bo, Or standing like an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last,...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measure life may perfect be. THE DESERTED HOUSE. Tennyson, Life and thought have gone away, Side by...