What a beautiful remembrance! Here's my favorite poem by Ben Jonson and appropriate for the day I believe.
The Noble Nature by Ben Jonson
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 of Light In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
What a beautiful remembrance! Here's my favorite poem by Ben Jonson and appropriate for the day I believe.
ReplyDeleteThe Noble Nature by Ben Jonson
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 of Light
In small proportions we just beauties see;
And in short measures life may perfect be.
Perfect, Bill.
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