 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...  The Chilswell Book of English Poetry - Page 26edited by - 1924 - 272 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Anthologia Anglica - 1873 - 512 pages
...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. The Forest. AN EPITAPH. HEBE lies, to each her parents' ruth, Mary, the daughter of their youth : Yet... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1873 - 906 pages
...be ; Or standing long an pak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear ;, Л GOD'S-ACRE. I LIKE that ancient Saxon phrase which calls The burial-ground God's- iij short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. MY MINDE TO ME A KINGDOM IS. MY minde to me a kingdom... | |
 | Birmingham central literary assoc - 1877 - 452 pages
...APPLICATIONS. I. They live long who live well, 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 IE fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night : It was the plant and flower of light. In... | |
 | American periodicals - 1874 - 870 pages
...often quoted and so quotable, containing, as they do, a world of meaning within briefest compass : — It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. As a dramatist Ben Jonson deserves to be read, and not only read but studied, for his wit and humour,... | |
 | Public school series - 1874 - 280 pages
...skull, some, sun, stake, straight, subtler, ton, slow, soul. THE NOBLE NATURE. Ben Jonson (1574—1637). IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. LESSONS ON SPECIFIC SUBJECTS. CHEMISTRY. 1. ELEMENTARY AND COMPOUND MATTER. 1. Matter is divided into... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - Oral reading - 1874 - 336 pages
...applause of those about him. THE NOBLE NATURE. 41. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long', an oak, three hundred...that night — It was the plant and flower of Light. f In small proportions we just beauties see ; _ And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON.... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1874 - 390 pages
...first Well hath obeyed. Milton. THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak three hundred...and die that night It was the plant and flower of sight. In small proportions we just beauty see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Jonson.... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 560 pages
...growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long an oak, three hundred yenr, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere : A lily...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. SONG OF HESPERTJ8. QUEEN, and huntress, chaste and fair, Now the sun is laid to sleep, Seated in thy... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - American poetry - 1875 - 392 pages
...JOXSON. [1574- '637-l THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man Ix-tter lie; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall...and flower of Light. In small proportions we just l>eauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. SONG OF HESPERUS. QUEEN, and huntress, chaste... | |
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - English drama - 1875 - 560 pages
...unnatural analogies." p. xi. For the proof of this we are referred to the present ode, which, with the A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it...see ; And in short measures, life may perfect be. THE ANTISTROPHE, OR COUNTER-TURN. | ALL, noble Lucius, then for wine, And let thy looks with gladness... | |
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