| Christopher Newman Hall - 1851 - 140 Seiten
...interrupted the reader with expressions of admiration. His case was beautifully illustrated by the hymn — How fine has the day been ! How bright was the sun, How lovely and joyful the course that he run ! Tho' he rose in a mist, when his race he begun, And there followed some droppings of rain : But now... | |
| Cottage verse, Joseph Jones - 1852 - 296 Seiten
...of Happiness ! Real bliss I then shall prove ; Heaven below, and Heaven above. 229. Summer Evening. How fine has the day been ! how bright was the sun!...he rose in a mist when his race he begun, And there followed some droppings of rain ! But now the fair traveller 's come to the west, His rays are all... | |
| Isaac Watts, James George C. Fussell - 1852 - 76 Seiten
...complying, But in life behave so well, As to have no dread of dying. SONG VII. A SUMMER EVENING. How tine has the day been, how bright was the sun, How lovely and joyful the course that he run, Tho' he rose in a mist when his race he begun, And there^followed some droppings of rain ! But now... | |
| Robert Huston - 1853 - 328 Seiten
...the subject of these pages, the lines of Dr. Watts will be regarded as strikingly applicable : — " How fine has the day been ! How bright was the sun...follow'd some droppings of rain. But now the fair traveller comes to the West, His rays are all gold, and his beauties are best ; He paints the sky gay,... | |
| Joseph Foulkes Winks - 1853 - 786 Seiten
...expressing his wish, he had only anticipated the desire of his daughter to repeat them, and she began, " How fine has the day been, how bright was the sun...run, Though he rose in a mist when his race he begun, Antl there followed some droppings of rain; But now the fair traveller comes to the west, His rays... | |
| 1853 - 398 Seiten
...seemed to have a very amicable understanding on the subject. SUNSET; OR, THE CHRISTIAN RACE. How fair has the day been ! How bright was the sun ! How lovely and joyful the course that he ran ! Though he rose in a mist when his race he began, And there followed some droppings of rain. But... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 Seiten
...or better members of society."' A SUMMER EVENING. How fine has the day been, how bright was the son, How lovely and joyful the course that he run, Though...now the fair traveller's come to the west, His rays arc nil gold, and his beauties nre bcstj He pnints the sky gny as he sinks to lus rest, And foretells... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1854 - 472 Seiten
...be found complying ; But in life behave so well, Not to be afraid of dying. VII. A SUMMER EVENING. How fine has the day been, how bright was the sun,...he rose in a mist when his race he begun, And there followed some droopings of rain ! But now the fair traveller's come to the west, His rays are all gold,... | |
| Isaac Watts, Robert Southey - 1854 - 460 Seiten
...I be found complying ; But in life behave so well, Not to be afraid of dying. vn. A SUMMER EVENING. How fine has the day been, how bright was the sun,...he rose in a mist when his race he begun, And there followed some droopings of rain ! But now the fair traveller's come to the west, His rays are all gold,... | |
| Benjamin Richings - 1854 - 326 Seiten
...ascend the skies. View no more this transient scene, Come with us to joys serene." A SUMMER EVENING. How fine has the day been, how bright was the sun...Though he rose in a mist when his race he begun, And their followed some droppings of rain 1 But now the fair traveller's come to the west, His rays are... | |
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