 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 flower...  The English Lyric - Pagina 77door Felix Emmanuel Schelling - 1913 - 335 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Anna Maria Hall - 818 pagina’s
...dry, bald, and sere : — A lily of a day Is fairer far in May. Although it fall and die that nijht It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties sec, And in short measures life may perfect be.' Cla. Beautiful! Wil. His epitaph on his little boy,... | |
 | 1878 - 300 pagina’s
...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 make man...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... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1847 - 850 pagina’s
...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...light ! In small proportions we just beauties see t And in short measures life nIay perfect be. —lUd. ADVICE TO A RECKLESS YOUTR WHAT would I have... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pagina’s
...Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It »us the plant and flower of light I , of the smallest spider's web ; The collars, of the moonshine's wat'ry beams ; Her wh Epitaph on the Caunte» of Pembroke, Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse, Sidney's... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 pagina’s
...Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light 1 ory* in the song, Upon a holy tide. I on an ambling nag did get, (I trust he is not pa Epitapli on lli с Cotmiei» of Pembroke. Underneath this sable hearse Lies the subject of all verse,... | |
 | James Caughey - 1847 - 376 pagina’s
...that amount of usefulness which otherwise would have required a long life to have accomplished. •" In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." If a man finish up his work in the forenoon of his ministry, and go to heaven in the afternoon, it... | |
 | William Maxwell - 1848 - 460 pagina’s
...of a day, Is fairer farre, in May, Although it fall, and die that night, It was the plant and flowre of light! In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Jonson. A COMPLIMENT. ON MISS G . I wished for a crown, but of flowers, To make me as blest as... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1849 - 578 pagina’s
...; 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 In bulk doth make man...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,... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pagina’s
...Anonymous, in Mrs. Jamieson's " Memoirs and 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 be. BEN JONSON. THE SEA. Beautiful, sublime and glorious ; Mild, majestic, foaming, free,— Over time... | |
 | 1851 - 496 pagina’s
...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 In bulk doth make man...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... | |
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