 | 1874 - 870 oldal
...world of meaning within briefest compass : — It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men \ ` fѵ R- = 齆 2 U J b [ԉ c$t c b3 #٠ eM hE...?< w C ( } 4# UGY _ -m "ƌ A O7"m PXz ϥqt ݎ s As a dramatist Ben Jonson deserves to be read, and not only read but studied, for his wit and humour,... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 818 oldal
...world of meaning within briefest compass : — It is not growing like a tree In hulk, doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it full and die that night — It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we jnst beanties... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 oldal
...she'll procure Some way of entrance) we must plant a guard Of thoughts to watch and ward . . . or of It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Or of this, from the "Ode to himself": And since our dainty age Cannot endure reproof, Make not thyself... | |
 | 1927 - 332 oldal
...like a tree In bulk, doth make Man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day Is...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." THE JUBILEE YEAR. By AJ MACSELF, Reading. The modern school of journalism would probably insist that... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - 1949 - 802 oldal
...Jonson's favourite poet Horace. One famous stanza will show the free form and the meditative tone : It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...see ; And in short measures, life may perfect be. This, then, is the first of many great modern odes in which the styles of the two great classical lyricists,... | |
 | Y. Masih - 1991 - 432 oldal
...growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be; Or standing long an oak three hundred years, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere; A lily...beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.9 Why? Because the lily of a day in the words of Keats is a thing of beauty and is a joy for ever... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - 1992 - 1172 oldal
...answered, and was formed how fair; These make the lines of life, and that's her air. (1. 59-64) 41 Satanic Mills? 35 Bring me my Bow of burning gold: (1. 65—74) 42 This made you first to know the Why You liked, then after to apply That liking; and... | |
 | Tore Fr ngsmyr, Sture All n - 1993 - 180 oldal
...poet—prose writer though I am you will have begun to realise where my heart is—Ben Jonson said: "It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make...see, And in short measures, life may perfect be." My own language, English, I believe to have a store of poets, of writers that need not fear comparison... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 oldal
...syllab'e answer'd, and was form'd, how fair; These make the lines of life, and that's her air. THE TURN It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...bald, and sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, 70 Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions... | |
 | Ernst A. Schmidt - 1996 - 500 oldal
...syllabe answered, and was formed how fair, These make the lines of life, and that's her air. The Turn 65 It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...log at last, dry, bald, and sere: A lily of a day 70 Is fairer far in May; Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
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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... 
