| George Horne - English essays - 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... | |
| George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 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... | |
| 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 - Bibliography - 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 - Hymns, English - 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... | |
| Arminianism - 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... | |
| 1822 - 796 pages
...my name, that so Whatever future sins should me miscall Your first acquaintance might discredit all. VIRTUE. Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright The...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... | |
| English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...earliest bloom. ON A DAY IN SPRING. BISHOP HOBIIE. 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... | |
| 1823 - 736 pages
...before." p. 76. It would be perilous to seek a flaw in the following exquisite gem. " VlRTOE. " 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 dye. "Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye,... | |
| Congregationalism - 1823 - 684 pages
...braver Palace than before." p. 76. It would be perilous to seek a flaw in the following exquisite gem. " VIRTUE. " Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright,...of the earth and sky, The dew shall weep thy fall to night ; For thou must dye. " Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his... | |
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