 | Louisa Macduff - 1880 - 304 pages
...God." — Matt. v. 8. 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,...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON, 1574-1637. APRIL 21. " The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy." — James v. II.... | |
 | John Taylor (insurance agent.) - 1880 - 132 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. After reading the poetry carefully through, and considering the grammatical construction... | |
 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 328 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. THE BIRTH OF PRO VERBS.1 1. The proverb, The Cranes of Ibycus, had its rise in one of those remarkable... | |
 | Edward James Mortimer Collins - 1880 - 318 pages
...lovely lines : ' 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,...that night, It was the plant and flower of light.' As I write I see many trees that I have planted on my lawn, and wonder who will enjoy their shade and... | |
 | 1869 - 730 pages
...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...beauties see ; And in short measures Life may perfect be. One last section of my work remains. Let me sum up in a few words the ground hitherto traversed. We... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Or of this, from the "Ode to himself": And since our dainty age Cannot endure reproof, Make not thyself... | |
 | Rosaceae - 1927 - 332 pages
...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...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be." THE JUBILEE YEAR. By AJ MACSELF, Reading. The modern school of journalism would probably insist that... | |
 | Gilbert Highet - Literary Criticism - 1949 - 802 pages
...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...see ; And in short measures, life may perfect be. This, then, is the first of many great modern odes in which the styles of the two great classical lyricists,... | |
 | Y. Masih - Philosophy - 1991 - 432 pages
...better be; Or standing long an oak three hundred years, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere; A lily of a day, Is fairer far in May, Although it...beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.9 Why? Because the lily of a day in the words of Keats is a thing of beauty and is a joy for ever... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...better be. Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere: rPo When the Lamp Is Shattered 89 When the lamp is...shed; When the lute is broken. Sweet tones are rem (1. 65—74) 42 This made you first to know the Why You liked, then after to apply That liking; and... | |
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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 sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower... 
