 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 Children's Garland: From the Best Poets - Page 340edited by - 1862 - 344 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Life thoughts - 1865 - 196 pages
...will of God ; patience is a submission to the chastisement of God.— SOUTH. The Good Life, Long Life. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. Silent Prayer. THREEFOLD are the... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 238 pages
...Thou hadst sealed my pardon with Thy blood. DONNE. BEN JOHNSON TO JAMES SHIRLEY. Period Third. Jlife's IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JON SON. Co tfr l&olp Cunttj'. O HOLY,... | |
 | W. K. - English poetry - 1865 - 260 pages
...if Thou hadst sealed my pardon with Thy blood. BEN JOHNSON TO JAMES SHIRLEY. Period Third. JLife's IT is not growing like a. tree In bulk doth make man...and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures liife may perfect be. BEN JON SON. tlje O HOLY, blessed, glorious... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry, English - 1865 - 604 pages
...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 oak three hundred...and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. Ben Jonson SIN T ORD, with what care hast... | |
 | Cecil Frances Alexander - Children's poetry - 1865 - 342 pages
...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 flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. xcv SIN Lord, with what care hast thou begirt... | |
 | A. M. G. B. - Christian biography - 1865 - 138 pages
...study was allowed her. She certainly thrived under the return of freedom. CHAPTEE II. Jfirst Jlltuss. " It is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man...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 flower of light. In small proportions we just... | |
 | Bible - 424 pages
...growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; By standing long, an oak three hundred years, To fall a log at last, dry bald and sere ; A lily...and flower of light. In small proportions, we just beauties see, Arid in short measures, life may perfect be. FOR LONDON BIBLE AND DOMESTIC FEMALE MISSIONS.... | |
 | Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. TRUE GROWTH. TRUE GROWTH. 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... | |
 | John Dudley Philbrick - Readers - 1866 - 174 pages
...Since both of them wither and fade ; But gain a good name by well doing my duty; THE NOBLE NATURE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...beauty see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. THE ROBIN'S TEMPERANCE SONG. TASKED a sweet robin, one morning in May, Who sung in the apple-tree over... | |
 | R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...transports, choicest prayers, Which bloom their hour and fade. J. H. NEWMAN. GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree, In bulk, doth make...and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. BEN JONSON. ON HIS BEING ARRIVED TOTHE AGE... | |
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