 | John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 oldal
...empires aught 10 Within those empty hands unto the grave had brought.] THE GOOD LIFE A LONG LIFE. 10 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, | doth make...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 be. | 3. How... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 oldal
...flow, From the sky at silent even For the morning's glorious show. HUMAN PEKFECTION. IB ra % nnsraIT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...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... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 802 oldal
...dimness we can faintly discern that life has other kinds of completeness besides length of days : — Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. A s the years go on, there gathers a special radiance of eternal youth around some of the figures from... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 oldal
...fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir ff. Wotlon THE NOBLE NATURE It is not growing like a tree In...see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. LXXIV THE GIFTS OF GOD When God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings standing by ; Let us... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 oldal
...better be ; Or standing like 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...in short measures life may perfect be. B. JONSON. (Eboealion % butg of % Slats. O FOR the coming of that glorious time When, prizing knowledge as her... | |
 | 1861 - 236 oldal
...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... | |
 | 1861 - 228 oldal
...head from the top to the bottom? GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. EXTRACT FROM AN ODE PINDARIC. AUTHOR BORN 1754. A LILY of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it...light ! In small proportions we just beauties see ; THE CHILD'S REVERIE. The idea, of the following lines was really expressed by a little boy five years... | |
 | John Marshall Lowrie - 1861 - 294 oldal
...were fulfilled, "In sorrow shalt thou eat bread all the days of thy life." CHAPTER XXXV. LONG LIFE. " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...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... | |
 | Charles Stanford - 1861 - 430 oldal
...poet has said : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be. A lily of the day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die...In small proportions we just beauties see, And in small measures life may perfeft be."* * Ben Jonson. This is true ; but we have more to say of the short... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 oldal
...song ; How long those blissful days be thine, Oh, land of peace and rest — how long P Griffin. LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...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 ;... | |
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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 sere : A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night — It was the plant and... 
