. One year course in English and American literature; an introduction to the chief authors in English and American literature, with reading lists and references for further study. is seen in thefollowing poem : VIRTUE Sweet day, so cool, 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 brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye,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 your closes, And all must d
. One year course in English and American literature; an introduction to the chief authors in English and American literature, with reading lists and references for further study. is seen in thefollowing poem : VIRTUE Sweet day, so cool, 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 brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye,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 your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like seasoned timber, never gives ;But when the whole world turns to coal, Then chiefly lives. Another poet of this time was Robert Herrick (1591- 1674), a country parson who de-lighted in the sight of daffodilsand primroses filled with dew,in country merrymakings, and incountry superstitions about fair-ies. His brief poems on thesesubjects have the freshness andbeauty of flowers. They werepublished in a volume calledHesperides. A second volume,Noble Numbers t contains poemson sacred themes that are wor-robert herrick thy of their IZAAK WALTON 41 Our survey of the period will close with Izaak Walton(1593-1683). He lives in literature by his Compleat Angler,a book which, while intended for fishermen, is written in soquaint and delightful a vein, with its pictures of outdoorlife and its touches of gentle humor, that it is read chieflyby those who seldom go a-fish-ing. The following is his de-scription of the song of birds : As first the lark, when she meansto rejoice, to cheer herself and thosethat hear her, she then quits the earthand sings as she ascends higher intothe air; and having ended her heavenlyemployment, grows then mute and sadto think she must descend to the dullearth, which she would not touch butfor necessity. How do the blackbirdand throssel, with their melodiousvoices, bid welcome to the cheerful IZAAK WALTON spring, an
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