 | Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 oldal
...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 - 262 oldal
...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... | |
 | William Hone - 1859 - 854 oldal
...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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 828 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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 oldal
...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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 338 oldal
...Ben Jonsou, in his exquisite ode " To the Memory of a Youth," after the long-standing oak says : — A lillie of a day Is fairer farre in May, Although...fall and die that night : — It was the plant and flower of light. The month has its blighted promises. Shakspeare has this line : Rough winds do shake... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 348 oldal
...Ben Jonson, in his exquisite ode " To the Memory of a Youth," after the long-standing oak says : — A lillie of a day Is fairer farre in May, Although it fall and die that night : — It was the plaut and flower of light. The month has its blighted promises. Shakspeare has this line : Kough winds... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 oldal
...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... | |
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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. 
