 | Benjamin Smith (Wesleyan minister.) - 1868 - 188 страница
...to assist in leading some others into the path by which they too may reach the heavenly city. " It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make man...log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily of a day la fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, — It was the plant and flower of light.... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin) - 1868 - 458 страница
...standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 Ben Jonsan. XLI THE BATTLE OF AGINCOURT. Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance,... | |
 | George Thomas Coster - 1869 - 112 страница
...evangelistic agency? As the old poet says — " 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. " Apply these words to the life of a church — of this church. Not the size of a church, not its length... | |
 | 1869 - 568 страница
...standing like 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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." — Ben Jonton. of Boohs. Life of Jesus for the Young. By Benjamin Clarke. H. Hall, 56, Old Bailey.... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - 1869 - 526 страница
...: 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... | |
 | English poems - 1870 - 722 страница
...have tasted the bag of the bee ? O so white ! O so soft ! O so sweet is she ! THE NOBLE NATURE. TT Is not growing like a tree -*- In bulk, doth make...A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it foil and die that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1870 - 466 страница
...standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day 5 Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. 10 Ben Jonson. XLII THE BA TTLE OF AC1NCOURT. Fair stood the wind for France When we our sails advance,... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1871 - 180 страница
...will live, even though the rhythmic form perishes. 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. It may. At the same time the short-lived ' flower of light,' with all its dainty beauty and subtle... | |
 | simpkim marshall & co - 1871 - 460 страница
...Ben Johnson say (oh, rare Ben Johnson !) ?— " 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." Edmund Waller says truly— " Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired." But in another... | |
 | Edis Searle - 1871 - 390 страница
...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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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... 
