 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 sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower...  the country gentleman's magazine - Side 76av simpkim marshall & co - 1871Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Cup - 1880 - 304 sider
..., ' Matt. v.'8.v . It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing like 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 fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 372 sider
...on Morison's early death that Jonson wrote the beautiful lines which ever)' one knows, beginning — It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make men better be. Falkland married, before he was of age, Morison's sister. The marriage gave mortal offence to his father.... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1880 - 368 sider
...on Morison's early death that Jonson wrote the beautiful lines which every one knows, beginning— It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make men better be. Falkland married, before he was of age, Morison's sister. The marriage gave mortal offence to his father.... | |
 | 1877 - 852 sider
...on Morison's early death that Jonson wrote the beautiful lines which every one knows, beginning, — It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make men better be. Falkland married, before he was of age, Morison's sister. The marriage gave mortal offence to his father.... | |
 | 1877 - 948 sider
...on Morison's early death that Jonson wrote the beautiful lines which every one knows, beginning — It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make men better be. Falkland married, before he was of age, Morison's sister. The marriage gave mortal offence to his father.... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1874 - 818 sider
...as they do, a 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,...: 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... | |
 | 1927 - 332 sider
...remember what wise old Ben Jonson tells us : — It is not growing 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 fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 sider
...the lines of life, and that's her air. THE TURN It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...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 sider
...lines of life, and that's her air. The Turn 65 It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred...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.... | |
 | Richard Harp, Stanley Stewart - 2000 - 238 sider
...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...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 and flower of... | |
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