 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...  Relfe brothers' model reading-books, in prose and verse, ed., with notes and ... - Page 159edited by - 1882Full view - About this book
 | David L. Larsen - 644 pages
...pleasures," as Marlowe does not. 1 1. New York: Howard-McCann, 1958. 6.1.4 JONSON, CLASSICAL CMFTSMAN It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make men...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred years, To fall at last, dry, bald and sere: A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it fall and... | |
 | Richard Harp, Stanley Stewart - 2000 - 238 pages
...worldly or merely physical possession or attainment: 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 the day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant... | |
 | Nicholas Deakin - 1948 - 432 pages
...friendly societies — decline of the intensity of inner life is a natural consequence of growth in size. It is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make men better be. That is as true of human societies of all kinds as of men themselves. As Aristotle said of Plato's... | |
 | Anne Ferry - 2001 - 318 pages
...in the "measures" of poetry: The Noble Nature 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... | |
 | Margaret Carpenter Evans - 2004 - 358 pages
...Levens some years later, she quoted Ben Jonson: 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... | |
 | Sura College of Competition - 2004 - 506 pages
...of chance, only the bold and courageous can take chances. They alone can afford to fail. They know: It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ... In small proportions we just beauties see And in short measures life may perfect be The Role of... | |
 | Tommy Nelson - 2005 - 236 pages
...wrote about this in his poem, "The Noble Nature." 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... | |
 | Cambridge International Examinations - 2005 - 272 pages
...want] a similar lack 16 From Underwoods BEN JONSON 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... | |
 | Diane Ravitch, Michael Ravitch - 2006 - 512 pages
...capable of delicacy and restraint. Oak and Lily 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,... | |
 | Virginia Woolf, Mark Hussey - 1931 - 352 pages
...was widely anthologized as "The Noble Nature": 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... | |
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