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
| Wise sayings - Maxims - 1864 - 394 pages
...hope, and make it bliss to die. The Borough, Letter xviI.— G. CRABBE. LIFE, the Longest. The Good It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, diy, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It... | |
| W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 238 pages
...hadst sealed my pardon with Thy blood. DONNE. BEN JOHNSON TO JAMES SHIRLEY. Period Third. Jlife's IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JON SON. Co tfr l&olp Cunttj'. O HOLY, blessed, glorious Trinity Of Persons, still one God in unity,... | |
| Life thoughts - 1865 - 196 pages
...of God ; patience is a submission to the chastisement of God.— SOUTH. The Good Life, Long Life. 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. Silent Prayer. THREEFOLD are the prayers of man to God, and their efficacy is also ascending... | |
| W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 260 pages
...Thou hadst sealed my pardon with Thy blood. BEN JOHNSON TO JAMES SHIRLEY. Period Third. JLife's IT is not growing like a. tree In bulk doth make man...proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures liife may perfect be. BEN JON SON. tlje O HOLY, blessed, glorious Trinity Of Persons, still one God... | |
| Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry, English - 1865 - 604 pages
...Sir Henry Wotton XCIV THE GOOD LIFE — LONG LIFE 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. Ben Jonson SIN T ORD, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! .L ? Parents first season us : then... | |
| Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...GROWTH. TRUE GROWTH. 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. THE HOARY HEAD A CROWN OF GLORY. WHILE we call old age the winter of our life, we must beware lest... | |
| Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry - 1865 - 342 pages
...LONG LIFE. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing long an t>ak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald,...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. xcv SIN Lord, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! Parents first season us : then schoolmasters... | |
| Bible - 424 pages
...growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; By standing long, an oak three hundred years, To fall a log at last, dry bald and sere ; A lily...light. In small proportions, we just beauties see, Arid in short measures, life may perfect be. FOR LONDON BIBLE AND DOMESTIC FEMALE MISSIONS. Money received... | |
| A. M. G. B. - Christian biography - 1865 - 138 pages
...was allowed her. She certainly thrived under the return of freedom. CHAPTEE II. Jfirst Jlltuss. " It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better...bald, and sere. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May. Altho' it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just... | |
| R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. J. H. NEWMAN. GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make man...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. ON HIS BEING ARRIVED TOTHE AGE OF TWENTY-THREE. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of... | |
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