 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...  Golden Leaves from the British Poets - Page 19by John William Stanhope Hows - 1866 - 546 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Edis Searle - 1871 - 390 pages
...CHAPTER I. AT HOME. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing like an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last,...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. " SHE seemed really sorry about it. Well, it is strange. I should never have thought she... | |
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...better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and scar ^ s without hands or eyes, smelling sans all, Or but...thou canst mutine in a matron's bones, To flaming BEN JONSON. MY MINDE TO ME A KINGDOM IS. MY minde to me a kingdom is ; Such perfect joy therein l finde... | |
 | John Charles Curtis - Readers - 1872 - 168 pages
...\Exeunt. THE GOOD LIFE—LONG LlFE.-£en Jonson IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing long an oak three hundred...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. THE LOSS OF THE BIRKENHEAD. Sir FH Doyle. Supposed to be narrated by a soldier who s^lrv^ved. (The... | |
 | Poetry - 1872 - 710 pages
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...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. True, indeed, it is that — Youth is not rich in time : it may be, poor. Part with it,... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1872 - 268 pages
...art : They strike mine eyes, but not my heart. —BEN JONSON (1573— 1637). GOOD LIFE, 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... | |
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...Our life, our state, our stay, and vital breath, Subject unto the sudden call of death. Boweman. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Jonson. LOVE. Love is the great instrument of nature, the bond and cement of soc1ety, the spirit... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1877 - 452 pages
...APRIL, 1877. VOL. III. DIVERS TRUTHS WITH VARIED APPLICATIONS. I. They live long who live well, It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day IE fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night : It was the plant and flower of light. In... | |
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