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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 flower... "
The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language - Page 76
1869 - 405 pages
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Selections from the British Poets: Chronologically Arranged from Chaucer to ...

English poetry - 1851 - 496 pages
...thee power to be, and use 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...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
...and years merely, but in pure thoughts, and Christ-like activities. Old Ben Johnson sings : — " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...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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The Home friend, a weekly miscellany of amusement and instruction, Volume 1

Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1854 - 588 pages
...develop when they shall bow to the sceptre, and imbibe the pacific spirit, of the Prince of Peace ! IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day la fairer far in May ; Although it fall and die that night, It was the plant...
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Little Walter, Or, A Mother's First Lessons on Religious Subjects

Mrs. Samuel Greg, Walter - Christian education - 1855 - 342 pages
...may fear to die. It is not growing, like a tree In bulk, doth make man better bo, Or standing like an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last,...small proportions we just beauties see, And in short measure life may perfect be. THE DESERTED HOUSE. Tennyson, Life and thought have gone away, Side by...
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Songs of the soul, derived from the writings of British, continental, and ...

Songs - 1856 - 712 pages
...be good, I care not if It be as short as yours. GEOBGE HEBBEBT. Elje ffioefo ltfe, ILong ILift. TT is not growing like a tree In bulk doth make man better...beauties see, And in short measures life may perfect be. JONSON. are not Šeat, tfjeg too but SHeey. T EFT in her little room alone, *-* The Euler's child lay...
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Putnam's Monthly, Volume 10

1857 - 448 pages
...better be, Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log nt last, dry, bald, and sear : A lily of a day, Is fairer far, in May, Although it...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 Lucius near me, one grown old to...
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Plants of the land and water, by M. and E. Kirby

Mary Kirby - 1857 - 396 pages
...better be ; Or standing long, an oak three hundred years, To fall a log at last— dry, bald, and sear : A lily of a day, Is fairer far in May ; Although it...that night, It was the plant and flower of light. fttr % Sfomlg-suonb. THE PINE-APPLE AND THE "WILD PINES. THE third division* of the lilies is named...
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Our Little Ones in Heaven

Walter Aimwell - Children - 1858 - 282 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...proportions we just beauties see : And in short measures Kfe may perfect be. BEK JOKBOK. THE MOTHER'S SACELFICE. " WHAT shall I render Thee, Father Supreme,...
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Select specimens of the English poets, ed. by A. De Vere

Aubrey Thomas De Vere - 1858 - 298 pages
...the senses here, And fall like sleep upon their eyes, Or music in their ear. GOOD LIFE, LONG LIFE. It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...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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Our Little Ones in Heaven

Walter Aimwell - Children - 1858 - 262 pages
...him, but he shall not return to me." — Second Book of Samuel. A SHORT LIFE MAY BE A PERFECT ONE. IT is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man...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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