 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 Hills of the Shatemuc - Página 345de Susan Warner - 1856 - 516 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 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...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 fall and die... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 páginas
...of himself, though not of lands; And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir ff. Wotlon THE NOBLE NATURE It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Popular poetry - 1862 - 246 páginas
...song ; How long those blissful days be thine, Oh, land of peace and rest — how long P Griffin. LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...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... | |
 | Coventry Patmore - 1862 - 372 páginas
...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...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1863 - 982 páginas
...though not of lands ; And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir H. Wotton I LXXIII THE NOBLE NATURE ' T is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make Man...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... | |
 | Johann Heinrich D. Zschokke - 1863 - 384 páginas
...strength of our manhood ; and thou wilt not cast us off in our age. Bless the Lord, O our souls. Amen. 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... | |
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