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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 its grave, And thou, alas! must die! Sweet spring, of days and roses made, Whose charms for beauty vie; Thy days depart, thy roses fade— Thou, too, alas! must die! Be wise, then, christian, while you may, For swiftly time is flying; The thoughtless man may laugh to-day, To-morrow may be dying!
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 its grave, And thou, alas! must die! Sweet spring, of days and roses made, Whose charms for beauty vie; Thy days depart, thy roses fade— Thou, too, alas! must die! Be wise, then, christian, while you may, For swiftly time is flying; The thoughtless man may laugh to-day, To-morrow may be dying!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Bishop Horne (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 171 · printed citation: Bishop Horne · subject: DEATH
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