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Ben Jonson. The Noble Nature

"величественный" - "noble"
"природа" - "nature"
"большое количество" - "bulk"
"долго" - "long"
"дуб" - "oak"
"бревно" - "log"
"наконец" - "at last"
"сухой" - "dry"
"лысый" - "bald"
"лилия" - "lily"
"красивый" - "fair"
"гораздо" - "far"
"хотя" - "although"
"умирать" - "to die"
"растение" - "plant"
"цветок" - "flower"
"пропорция" - "proportion"
"красота" - "beauty"
"короткий" - "short"
"мера" - "measure"
"совершенный" - "perfect"

Ben Jonson

 

The 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, and sear

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.

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doth [dʌθ] – (уст.) ед. ч. настоящего времени гл. do