 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
 | Stephen Adams - Poetry - 1997 - 260 pages
...labels as Jonson himself printed them: The Turn 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... | |
 | Richard Harp, Stanley Stewart - Drama - 2000 - 238 pages
...worldly or merely physical possession or attainment: 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 the day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant... | |
 | Anne Ferry - Literary Criticism - 2001 - 318 pages
...in the "measures" of poetry: The Noble Nature 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... | |
 | Margaret Carpenter Evans - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 358 pages
...Levens some years later, she quoted Ben Jonson: 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... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2005 - 272 pages
...want] a similar lack 16 From Underwoods BEN JONSON 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... | |
 | Tommy Nelson - Christian life - 2005 - 236 pages
...wrote about this in his poem, "The Noble Nature." 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... | |
 | Virginia Woolf, Mark Hussey - Fiction - 1931 - 352 pages
...was widely anthologized as "The Noble Nature": 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... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - Literary Collections - 2006 - 512 pages
...capable of delicacy and restraint. Oak and Lily 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,... | |
 | Creative activities and seat work - 2007 - 220 pages
...sets as possible. It Is Not Growing Lilce a Tree 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... | |
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