 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...  Belgravia, a London magazine, conducted by M.E. Braddon - Page 201by Belgravia - 1870 - 2 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - English drama - 1875 - 560 pages
...her air ! 1n. THE STROPHE, OR TURN. |T is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ;4 Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear : 4 // is not growing like a tree, &*c.] " The qualities of vivid perception and happy expression"... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...JOXSON. [1574- '637-l THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man Ix-tter lie; 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... | |
 | Robert Greene - 1876 - 576 pages
...answered, and was formed, how fair; These make the lines of life, and that's her air l m. THE TURN. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear: A lily of a clay, Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant, and flower of light.... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams - 1876 - 474 pages
...quoted we would oppose, as far worthier of a gallant spirit, Ben Jonson's admirable conclusions : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...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... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1877 - 576 pages
...OF SENTIMENT AND REFLECTION. THE TRUE GROWTH. IT ig 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 seal : A lily of a day Is fairer far iu May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant... | |
 | John Dennis - English literature - 1876 - 466 pages
...world of meaning within briefest compass: " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man betler 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... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1876 - 562 pages
...JON8ON. (1574- '637-I THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better bo; 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... | |
 | Robert Aitkin Bertram - 1877 - 766 pages
...While time glides softly by, A little farther from the earth, And nearer to the sky. 1648. GROWTH. True ing ; Land of the dead and the dying ; Into a land...without tomb. Out of a life of commotion, Tempest-swept sere. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night ; It was the plant... | |
 | Science - 1877 - 748 pages
...kinds of completeness besides length of days: " It is not growing like a tree In balk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A Illy of a day Is fairer far in May— Although it fall and die that night, It wan the plant... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - Children's poetry, English - 1877 - 326 pages
...needed not ! W. Wordsworth * 67 * TRUE GROWTH 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 planf... | |
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