The Sun Rises Bright in France". .Allan Cunningham An Italian Song The Exile's Song THE NOBLE NATURE From "An Ode to Sir Lucius Cary and Sir H. Morison " It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, 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. Ben Jonson [1573?-1637) |