 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
 | Lyrical gleanings - 1864 - 152 pages
...Glorious and bright throughout Eternity ! WE WILLIS. T 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... | |
 | Wise sayings - 1864 - 394 pages
...xviI. G. CRABBE. LIFE, the Longest. The Good 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, diy, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night, It... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 604 pages
...though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir Henry Wotton XCIV THE GOOD LIFE LONG LIFE IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men...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... | |
 | 1865 - 238 pages
...JOHNSON TO JAMES SHIRLEY. Period Third. Jlife's 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... | |
 | W. K. - 1865 - 260 pages
...JOHNSON TO JAMES SHIRLEY. Period Third. JLife's 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... | |
 | Life thoughts - 1865 - 196 pages
...chastisement of God. SOUTH. The 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 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... | |
 | A. M. G. B. - 1865 - 138 pages
...return of freedom. CHAPTEE II. Jfirst Jlltuss. " 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. Altho' it fall and die that night, It was the plant and... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 342 pages
...though not of lands, And having nothing, yet hath all. Sir Henry Wotton XCIV THE GOOD LIFE LONG LIFE. It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make men better be ; Or standing long an t>ak three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sere ; A lily of a day Is fairer far... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...ELM AT BRENTWOOD . 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. Ben Jonson. FOOTSTEPS OF ANGELS . Gilbert R. Barnes Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - 1866 - 174 pages
...name by well doing my duty; 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... | |
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