 A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.  A Book of English Literature - Page 88edited by - 1916 - 889 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 464 pages
...air ! III. THE STROPHE, OR TURN. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men better be ;4 Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall...beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. * It is not growing like a tree, &c.] " The qaalities of rind perception and happy expression" (it... | |
 | 1817 - 522 pages
...fire, which make his verses clear :" one stanza is, indeed, conceived in the best manner of Pindar : " It is not growing, like a tree In bulk, doth make...year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear : A lilly of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and Jloiaer... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 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. JOHN KEATS. THE TEUnOK OF DEATH. WHEN I have fears that I may cease to be Before my pen has gleaned... | |
 | Gems - 1841 - 624 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. SIR HENRY WOTTON. THIS elegant writer was born in Kent, in 1568. He enjoyed several public offices... | |
 | William James Linton - 1844 - 340 pages
...granted years, not of life, but disease — It is not growing like a tree In bulk,— doth make man better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred...see ; And in short measures, life may perfect be. And I would appeal for the truth of this to myself, and to my noble Lucins near me, one grown old to... | |
 | Robert Chambers - American literature - 1844 - 692 pages
...! гном 1658 т.,] .. Good Lift, Long Life. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man c p | j@ d email proportions we just beauties sec : And in short measures life may perfect be. Epitaph on Ле... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1847 - 606 pages
...judging ; and Ben Jonson well reminds us : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be, Or standing long, an oak, three hundred...die that night, It was the plant and flower of light I In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be." Mrs. Gray's... | |
 | Baptists - 1878 - 300 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 Jonton. "TAKE NO THOUGHT." OH, leave thyself to God, and if, indeed, 'Tis given thee to perform... | |
 | William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 850 pages
...-BEN JONSON (1574—1637). GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred...light ! In small proportions we just beauties see t And in short measures life nIay perfect be. —lUd. ADVICE TO A RECKLESS YOUTR WHAT would I have... | |
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