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. Literary Frivolities, Fancies, Follies and Frolics - Page 152by William T. Dobson - 1880 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1808 - 506 pages
...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...Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, and thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted... | |
| George Horne - 1808 - 320 pages
...fade. AN ODE. The sentiment from, the divine Herbert. SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night; For thou, alas! must die. Sweet rose, in air whose odours wave, And colour charms the eye, Thy root is ever in... | |
| 1816 - 420 pages
...divine HERBERT:— Sweet day ! so 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...Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye; Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet SPRING ! full of sweet days and roses; A box where sweets compacted... | |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1817 - 326 pages
...the ludicrous tone of feeling by the interposition of the three following stanzas of Herbert's. • / VIRTUE. Sweet day so cool, so calm, so bright, The...of the earth and sky : The dew shall weep thy fall to night, For them must dye ! Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 570 pages
...fade. AN ODE. THE SENTIMENT FROM THE DIVINE HERBERT. SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou, alas ! must die. n. Sweet rose, in air whose odours wave, And colour charms the eye, Thy root is ever... | |
| Susan Ferrier - 1819 - 364 pages
...cpol, 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...Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave ; And thou must die. Sweet spring ! full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted... | |
| 1838 - 794 pages
...Washbourne. 1838. Pp. 350. A VERY neat little volume of a pious and favourite author. Take the following. VIRTUE. Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright ; The bridal of the eaith and iky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue angry... | |
| Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - 1821 - 402 pages
...defaced by a vulgar expression or two, are, on the whole, both beautiful and polished. Sweet day ! so cool, so calm, so bright ! The bridal of the earth...hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his ey« : Thy root is ever in the grave, — And thou must die. Sweet spring ! full of sweet days and... | |
| John Bowdler - 1821 - 510 pages
...The Sentiment from the divine Herbert, Bp. Home, SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou, alas ! must die. Sweet rose, in air whose odours wave, And colour charms the eye, Thy root is ever... | |
| 1839 - 1092 pages
...three verses of the following short poem. The last verse is, I confess, very inferior to the former. VIRTUE. "Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The..."Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave. Bids the r.ish gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever hi it* grave, And thou must die. " Sweet spring, full of... | |
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