...grass to right and left full of wild-flowers, l found myself quoting old George Herbert — Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky. i was almost sorry to find myself at the end of my journey. i was received with a hearty welcome by the...

...have seen me in one of these late lovely days which the poet Herbert apostrophises— ' Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky,'* " I was so sorry that I did not see Miss T—ss in London ; but, before the year is out, I trust to seeing...

...I rememember that it was in misty England that quaint old George Herbert sang of the— " Sweet day so cool, so calm, so bright— The bridal of the earth and sky," I am sure that I see days as lovely in our clearer air, and do not believe that Italian sunsets have...

...serene and beautiful Sabbaths, that had often called from his lips the exclamation — ** Sweet day, go cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky I" A member of his family not being aware of what had passed, said to him, " It is the Sabbath." " Yes,"...

...his friends, and their advice and counsel. The morning was all that could be desired for the trip, " So cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ;" I and Mr. Seymour and his wife were welcomed warmly by the Rector and his helpmeet, who, with a grownup...

...treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.'* To this day, who does not sometimes repeat to himself the lines — 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. But it is a matter of...

...somewhat as it did upon George Herbert, as he describes it in his exquisite little poem : — " Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky I " Apart from its soothing religious associations, it brings with it the assurance of physical comfort...

...vitally connected with essential beauty ami sweetness of soul. Let him live in these tender and beautiful lines: 'Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky; The dews shall weep thy full to-night, For thou must die.' And in these, than which...

...it pealed over the hills and valleys. How delightful that day must have been, fitly described in the lines: — " Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and skie." The building of which I am now speaking used to be familiar to some of you. Its...

...when I remember that it was in misty England that quaint old George Herbert sang of the— " Sweet day so cool, so calm, so bright—• The bridal of the earth and sky," I am sure that I see days as lovely in our clearer air, and do not believe that Italian sunsets have...