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 - Page 1171833Full view - About this book
| Giles Fletcher - English poetry - 1836 - 400 pages
...Death, but missest Life at hand. VIRTUE. 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... | |
| George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...And among those his soul. LXIII. VIRTUE. 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... | |
| Cynosure - 1837 - 272 pages
...it brings forth evil. COLERIDGE. VIRTUE. 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... | |
| George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1838 - 420 pages
...And among those his soul. LXIII. VIRTUE. 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... | |
| Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - American periodicals - 1838 - 546 pages
...Virtue" has been much admired : — VIRTUE. SWEET day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of tke 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... | |
| English literature - 1840 - 760 pages
...well known little poem entitled ' VIRTUE. ' 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... | |
| 1840 - 504 pages
...the last is harsh and artificial: VIRTUE. Sweet Day, to eool, so «Urn, ю bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet Rose, who» hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is errr... | |
| William Johnson Fox - Anthems - 1841 - 132 pages
...powers that ever stand; They build their temples in the soul, And work with God's right hand. CXL. SWEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth...sky ; The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die ! Sweet rose ! in air whose odours wave, And colour charms the eye ; Thy root is ever in its... | |
| Devotional literature - 1841 - 228 pages
...him, in whom thy fulness dwelt, We offer up our prayers. GOODNESS IMPERISHABLE. HERBERT. XVII. 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 odors wave, And color charms the eye... | |
| 1841 - 580 pages
...words, and has published it as his own : 1. " Sweet day ! so calm, so pure, 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... | |
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