 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 Saturday Magazine - Side 1171833Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1859 - 300 sider
...outstrip time's tardy pace, And heaven on earth be won. E. TAYLOB. %\t Soul's §tsnt|J nnfairing. SWEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth...For thou, alas ! must die. Sweet rose ! in air whose odors wave, And color charms the eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou, alas ! must die. Sweet... | |
 | Cheshire Pastoral Association - 1859 - 566 sider
...sing thy praise In better songs on high. 657. c. M. II«BB«« The Soul's Beauty unfading. 1 SWEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth...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 in its grave, And... | |
 | Christian Church - 1859 - 524 sider
...! for he Belongs to immortality. 515. CM HERBERT. The imperishable blessedness of the good. 1 SWEET Day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth...weep thy fall to-night, For thou, alas ! must die. 2 Sweet Rose ! in air whose odours wave, And colour charms the eye ; Thy root is ever in its grave,... | |
 | Church of the Disciples (Boston, Mass.) - 1859 - 712 sider
...all to sing thy praise In better songs on high. 657. CM HERBERT The Soul's Beauty unfading. 1 SWEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth...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 in its grave, And... | |
 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge - 1920 - 388 sider
...three following stanzas of Herbert's. VIRTUE. Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of th: 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... | |
 | Derek Attridge - 1995 - 300 sider
...Here are the first and last stanzas: (14) Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright. The bridal of the earth and sky: The dew shall weep thy fall tonight, For thou must die. 4 Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives; But though the whole... | |
 | C. A. Patrides - 1995 - 420 sider
...'Virtue,' begins with a most affecting verse: 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. This piece has been imitated by many succeeding poets, but not one has excelled the original;... | |
 | William Harmon - 1998 - 386 sider
...lines trimeter, all others pentameter. Virtue Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky: The dew shall weep thy fall tonight; For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye: Thy root is ever... | |
 | Catharine Parr Traill - 1999 - 239 sider
...and blessings. MEMORIES OF A MAY MORNING* "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." — Herbert' JUST such a day as holy as George Herbert describes above is this sweet May... | |
 | Liz Rosenberg - 2000 - 168 sider
...captain of my soul. GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633) Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky: The dew shall weep thy fall tonight; For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye: Thy root is ever... | |
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