A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be. The Sunday Book of Poetry - Página 111por Cecil Frances Alexander - 1865 - 318 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
| John Daniel Morell - 1860 - 274 páginas
...LIFE. 10 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,...that night ; | It was the plant and flower of light. j In small proportions we just beauties see, | And in short measures life may perfect be. | 3. How... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 802 páginas
...dimness we can faintly discern that life has other kinds of completeness besides length of days : — Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. A s the years go on, there gathers a special radiance of eternal youth around some of the figures from... | |
| George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1878 - 838 páginas
...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 and flower of light. In small proportions wo just beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. A s the years go on, there gathers... | |
| S. R. - 1860 - 306 páginas
...ra % nnsraIT 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 sore. A lily of a day Is fairer far in May, Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant and... | |
| Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 páginas
...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,...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. B. LXXIV THE GIFTS OF GOD When God at first made Man, Having a glass of blessings standing by ; Let... | |
| 1861 - 236 páginas
...the top to the bottom ? GOOD LIFE, LONG LITE. EXTBACT FROM AN ODE PlNDARIO. AUTHOR BORN 1764. A LILT of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it fall and...beauties see ; And in short measures life may perfect be. 168 PICTURES AND FLOTVEBS. THE CHILD'S REVERIE. The idea of the following lines was really expressed... | |
| 1861 - 228 páginas
...head from the top to the bottom? GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. EXTRACT FROM AN ODE PINDARIC. AUTHOR BORN 1754. A LILY of a day Is fairer far in May ; Although it...light ! In small proportions we just beauties see ; THE CHILD'S REVERIE. The idea, of the following lines was really expressed by a little boy five years... | |
| Charles Stanford - 1861 - 430 páginas
...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...In small proportions we just beauties see, And in small measures life may perfeft be."* * Ben Jonson. This is true ; but we have more to say of the short... | |
| John Timbs - 1861 - 338 páginas
...To the Memory of a Youth," after the long-standing oak says : — A lillie of a day Is fairer farre in May, Although it fall and die that night : — It was the plant and flower of light. The month has its blighted promises. Shakspeare has this line : Rough winds do shake the darling buds... | |
| John Marshall Lowrie - 1861 - 294 páginas
...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 sear ; 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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