...Faith needs no staff of flesh, hut stoutly can To heaven alone both go and lead. VIRTUE. SWBET 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...

...in the soul, And work with God's right hand. CXL. SWEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, Bridal of earth and 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 grave, And thou must...

...disastrous to the spirit of the Rose. Then chiefly do we remember those words of George Herbert : — •" Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye ; Thy foot is ever in the grave, And thou must die." — David R. Williamson. of these means of reproduction,...

...door, Not in his parlor ; banqueting the poor, — And, among those, his soul. Ufrtue. SWEET Day ! so cool, so calm, so bright ; The bridal of the earth...! whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe.his eye : Thy root is ever in its grave ; — And thou must die. Sweet Spring ! full of sweet...

...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...root is ever in its grave, — and thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets comparted lie ; My music shews you have...

...arms of love ! " END OF PART THE SECOND. STANZAS. " All things perish save virtue." " SWEET morn — so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth...to-night, For thou must die." • " Sweet rose " — whose fragrance now I crave, To glad my sense and joy mine eye, " Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou...

...is as a weed ; Lord, place me in Thy concert, give one strain To my poor reed. VIRTUE. Sweet Day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, The Bridal of the earth and sky, The dew must weep thy fall to-night, And thou must die : Sweet Rose ! whose hue, angry and brave, Bid the rash...

...calm, so cool, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, Sweet dews shall weep thy fall at night— For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and...Thy root is ever in its grave— And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows you have...

...calm, so cool, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, Sweet dews shall weep thy full at night— For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue, angry and...Thy root is ever in its grave— And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie, My music shows you have...

...The subtle motions we forget the while. SIR JOHN DAVIES. 1570—1626. PERISHING BEAUTIES. SWEET day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth...shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. GEORGE HERBERT. 1593—1632. Time is the herald of Trueth, and Trueth the daughter of Time. The young...