 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....  The Western Educational Review - Page 1431871Full view - About this book
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...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... | |
 | Cyclopaedia, Henry Gardiner Adams - 1854 - 762 pages
...circumstance That doth the pomp of life advance At the approach of death. W. Hablngton. 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... | |
 | Timothy Alden Taylor - Christian biography - 1854 - 584 pages
...excepted, which was somewhat intense) to which the poet has referred, when he said : — " ' Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ; The dew-will weep thy fall at night, For thou must die.' " Still more beautiful was the evening ; the moon... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1854 - 766 pages
...tone of feeling by the interposition of the three following stanzas of Herbert's. VIRTUE. Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy full to-uight ; For thou must die. * Sonnet IX. \ [The Synagogue, a collection of... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...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... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...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... | |
 | Elias Nason - Children's songs - 1855 - 134 pages
...Our Destiny. [CM] TUNE— " Naomi." " Acushnei." 1 SWEET Day, so cool, so calm, so bright ; Bridal of earth and sky ! The dews shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou, alas ! must die. 2 Sweet Rose, in air whose odors wave, And color charms the eye ! Thy root is ever... | |
 | Harvey Buckland - Christian life - 1856 - 208 pages
...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...dews 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... | |
 | Anne Bowman - 1856 - 316 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Abraham Mills - English literature - 1856 - 590 pages
...we shall add a much more elaborate poem on Sunday. VIRTUE. Sweet day ! so cool, so cairn, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ; The dews shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet spring ! full of sweet days and roses A box where sweets compacted lie; Thy music shows ye have... | |
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