 SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die....  Christian Remembrancer: Or, The Churchman's Biblical, Ecclesiastical ... - Side 3041822Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Mary Botham Howitt - 1854 - 592 sider
...than in the quaint words of the pious old George Herbert : — Sweet day, so cool, BO calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die ! Sweet rose ! whose hue, early and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - 1855 - 452 sider
...smoke that quick expires ; 'T is a bubble ; 't is a sigh ; VIRTUE. — George Herbert, SwEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet rose ! whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his... | |
 | 1855 - 458 sider
...smoke that quick expires ; 'T is a bubble ; 't is a sigh ; VIRTUE. — George Herbert. SWEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet rose ! whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his... | |
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1855 - 580 sider
...cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ; Sweet dews shall weep thy fall to-night — For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. Bids the rash gazer wipe his ej'e ; Thy root is ever in the grave — And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses,... | |
 | Susan Fenimore Cooper - 1855 - 510 sider
...a heart that hath waxed old. WILLIAM MOTHEEWELL, 1791-1885. VIRTUE. Sweet day ! so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ; The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose ! whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 sider
...declining sun, — sheds over all A pleasant, farewell smile — And so returns to God. BllTANT. 150 VIRTUE. SWEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ; The dews shall weep thy fall to-night — For thou must die. Sweet rose ! whose hue, angry and brave, Bids... | |
 | 1856 - 390 sider
...sweetness of versification, which he will find in that old writer. Here is a specimen. " Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall wrap thy fall to-night ; For tlwu mast die. Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer... | |
 | Charles Lanman - 1856 - 572 sider
...good. It was just such a day as George Herbert has made immortal in the following words : " Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ; The dew will weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die." At my feet flowed the tranquil waters of 'the superb... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - 1856 - 208 sider
...most difficult of tasks, to keep Heights which the soul is competent to gain. Wordsworth. Sweet day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky; The dews shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou must die. Sweet rose ! whose hue, angry and brave, Bids... | |
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