 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 Seiten
...boy to man, from man to boy, would chop and change degree. Earl of Surrey CLXXII THE NOBLE NA TURE It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...and flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauty see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. Jonson CLXXIII THE RAINBOW My heart leaps... | |
 | Johann Heinrich D. Zschokke - 1863 - 384 Seiten
...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....proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures l1fe may perfect be. THE WAY TO A GOOD OLD AGE. PART II. Sctift1ms for Reading: — Deuteronomy xxxiv.... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1864 - 136 Seiten
...India, Ceylon, and the countries north of the Malay Peninsula. XLIV. THE GOOD LIFE A LONO 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. XLV. POTTEKY. Pottery is one of the most ancient as well as one of the most interesting... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 344 Seiten
...wrought, so God send to my foes all they have thought. QUEEN ELIZABETH I 30 THE GOOD LIFE LONG LIFE is not growing like a tree in bulk, doth make Man...flower of Light. In small proportions we just beauties sec ; and in short measures life may perfect be. B. JONSON 31 ON A GRECIAN URN WHO are these coming... | |
 | Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 Seiten
...then unveiled, In all their purity shall shine Glorious and bright throughout Eternity ! WE WILLIS. T is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...that night ; It was the plant and flower of light. ID small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. ARK... | |
 | Emily Taylor - 1864 - 210 Seiten
...toss'd by fish, and surges fell, Whilst Willy weeps, and bids all joy farewell. W. BROWNE. EARLY RIPE. |T is not growing, like a tree, In bulk, doth make...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... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1864 - 428 Seiten
...SEARCH AMONG CROMLECHS 356 XVII. LAST LABORS — DEATH AND BURIAL 367 XVIII. CONCLUSION 386 INDEX 897 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... | |
 | Horace Elisha Scudder - 1864 - 416 Seiten
...SEARCH AMONG CROMLECHS 356 XVII. LAST LABORS — DEATH AND BURIAL 367 XVIII. CONCLUSION 386 INDEX 397 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... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Life thoughts - 1865 - 196 Seiten
...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... | |
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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... 
