 | 1859 - 926 páginas
...an expert wrestler, usually gives a man a lift before he gives him a throw. SOUTH. A GATHERED LILY. "A lily of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it full and die that night, It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties... | |
 | John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 páginas
...empires aught 10 Within those empty hands unto the grave had brought.] THE GOOD LIFE A LONG LIFE. 10 It is not growing like a tree In bulk, | doth make...that night ; | It was the plant and flower of light. j In small proportions we just beauties see, | And in short measures life may perfect be. | 3. How... | |
 | S. R. - 1860 - 306 páginas
...flow, From the sky at silent even For the morning's glorious show. HUMAN PEKFECTION. IB ra % nnsraIT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sore. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 838 páginas
...dimness we can faintly discern that life has other kinds of completeness besides length of days : — It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better bo ; Or standing long on oak, three hundred year, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant... | |
 | John Marshall Lowrie - 1861 - 294 páginas
...were fulfilled, "In sorrow shalt thou eat bread all the days of thy life." CHAPTER XXXV. LONG LIFE. " 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... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 338 páginas
...To the Memory of a Youth," after the long-standing oak says : — A lillie of a day Is fairer farre in May, Although it fall and die that night : — It was the plant and flower of light. The month has its blighted promises. Shakspeare has this line : Rough winds do shake the darling buds... | |
 | Thomas Shorter - 1861 - 438 páginas
...though not of lands ; And, having nothing, yet hath all. WOTTON. |n 8^ori nuasurw %'ilt mag pufetl be. 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, dry, bald, and sear : A lily of a day Is fairer... | |
 | Charles Stanford - 1861 - 430 páginas
...JACET DOMINVS JOSEPHVS ALLEINE HOLOCAVSTVM TAVNTONENSIS ET DEO ET VOBIS. An old poet has said : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be. A lily of the day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and flower... | |
 | John Timbs - 1861 - 348 páginas
...To the Memory of a Youth," after the long-standing oak says : — A lillie of a day Is fairer farre in May, Although it fall and die that night : — It was the plaut and flower of light. The month has its blighted promises. Shakspeare has this line : Kough winds... | |
 | Mrs. Samuel Greg, Walter - 1862 - 308 páginas
...on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die. Ifra. Henums. Bm Jonsott 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, dry, bald, and sere. A lily of a day Is fairer... | |
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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. 
