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" 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... "
Spring-time with the poets, poetry selected and arranged by F. Martin - Page 344
by Frances Martin - 1866
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The Works of Ben Jonson...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory ..., Volume 9

Ben Jonson, William Gifford - Dramatists, English - 1816 - 464 pages
...better be ;4 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...small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be. * It is not growing like a tree, &c.] " The qaalities of rind perception...
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Gems of sacred poetry [ed. by R. Cattermole?].

Gems - 1841 - 624 pages
...breast But such a mind, makest God thy guest. THE GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing long...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. SIR HENRY WOTTON. THIS elegant writer was born in Kent, in 1568. He enjoyed...
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Hymns and Anthems

William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 388 pages
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The Illuminated Magazine, Volume 2

William James Linton - 1844 - 340 pages
...better be, 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...small proportions we just beauties see ; And in short measures, life may perfect be. And I would appeal for the truth of this to myself, and to my noble...
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The Christian Pioneer, Volumes 32-33

Baptists - 1878 - 300 pages
...Though I must walk in night. — Spectator. THE GOOD LITE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing long...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. —Ben Jonton. "TAKE NO THOUGHT." OH, leave thyself to God, and if, indeed,...
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Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts

William Chambers, Robert Chambers - Art - 1847 - 864 pages
...better be, 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...light ! In small proportions we just beauties see t And in short measures life nIay perfect be. —lUd. ADVICE TO A RECKLESS YOUTR WHAT would I have...
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The Sacred Poets of England and America: For Three Centuries

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1849 - 578 pages
...breast But such a mind, makest Ood thy guest. THE GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing long...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. THOMAS CAREW. THIS poet was born about 1577. He received his education...
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Notes and Queries, Volume 230

Electronic journals - 1985 - 630 pages
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Selections from the British Poets: Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...the same. BEN JONSON. BORX, 1574; DIED, 1637. THE GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better be ; Or standing long...light. In small proportions we just beauties see, Ami in short measures life may perfect be. HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. HEAR me, O God ! A broken heart...
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The British Messenger: A Monthly Journal Devoted to the ..., Volumes 1-5

Christianity - 1879 - 474 pages
...pure thoughts, and Christ-like activities. Old Ben Johnson sings : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be ; Or standing long,...May ; Although it fall and die that night. It was a plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties sec, And in short measures life...
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