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" Not in the evening's eyes, When they red with weeping are For the sun that dies, Sits sorrow with a face so fair; Nowhere but here did ever meet Sweetness so sad, sadness so sweet. "
Steps to the Temple: Delights of the Muses, and Other Poems - Page 241
by Richard Crashaw - 1904 - 401 pages
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A Short History of English Literature

Sir Archibald Strong - English literature - 1921 - 454 pages
...In the same poem, another stanza begins disquietingly and, daring all, passes into perfect beauty : Not in the Evening's eyes, When they red with weeping are For the Sun that dies, Sits Sorrow with a face so fair; Nowhere but here did ever meet Sweetness so sad, sadness so...
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In Memoriam. Adolphus William Ward, Master of Peterhouse (1900-1924).

Peterhouse (University of Cambridge) - Scholars - 1924 - 222 pages
...Crashaw ever wrote. It is too long to quote at any length here ; the following stanza must suffice : Not in the evening's eyes when they Red with weeping are for the Sun that dyes, sits sorrow with a face so fair, Nowhere but here did ever meet sweetness so sad, sadness so sweet....
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Poeti inglesi dell'ottocento

Mario Praz - English poetry - 1925 - 542 pages
...laughed in the morning's eyes....) va confrontato con alcuni versi di The Weeper di Richard Crashaw : « Not in the evening's eyes | When they red with weeping are | For the Sun that dies. » (Non negli occhi della sera, quando son rossi di pianto pel Sole che muore.) Altre immagini...
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The Catholic Tradition in English Literature

George Carver - American literature - 1926 - 504 pages
...to his sweetest lips ; Then to his music ; and his song Tastes of this breakfast all day long. 30 VI Not in the Evening's eyes, When they red with weeping are For the Sun that dies; Sits Sorrow with a face so fair. Nowhere but here did ever meet 35 Sweetness so sad, sadness...
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A History of English Literature: From Beowulf to 1926, Volume 1

William Vaughn Moody, Robert Morss Lovett - English literature - 1926 - 410 pages
...master's water, their own wine. But how he compensates by his vision of the saint's grieving countenance: Not in the evening's eyes, When they red with weeping are, For the Sun that dies, Sits sorrow with a face so fair, No where but here did ever meet Sweetness so sad, sadness so...
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A History of English Literature: The middle ages & the renascence (650-1660 ...

Emile Legouis, Louis François Cazamian - English literature - 1926 - 416 pages
...master's water, their own wine. But how he compensates by his vision of the saint's grieving countenance: Not in the evening's eyes, When they red with weeping are, For the Sun that dies, Sits sorrow with a face so fair, No where but here did ever meet Sweetness so sad, sadness so...
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The Poems, English, Latin, and Greek

Richard Crashaw - English poetry - 1927 - 586 pages
...j reverses sts. 8 and 9 st. 9 is st. ^ in 48 52 9-6 richest] proudest 48 53 10 Not in the Evenings Eyes When they red with weeping are, For the Sun that dyes, Sits sorrow with a face so faire. Nowhere but heere did ever me< Svveetnesse so sad, sadnes so sweet....
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Five Metaphysical Poets

Joan Bennett - 168 pages
...thee. Then, and onely then shee weares Her richest Pearles, I meane thy Teares. Not in the Evenings Eyes When they red with weeping are, For the Sun that dyes, Sits sorrow with a face so faire. Nowhere but heere did ever meet Sweetnesse so sad, sadnes sx> sweet....
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Chapters into Verse: Poetry in English Inspired by the Bible: Volume 1 ...

Robert Atwan, Laurance Wieder - Poetry - 1993 - 422 pages
...is she dressed by none but thee. Then, and only then she wears Her richest pearls, I mean thy tears. Not in the evening's eyes When they red with weeping are, For the sun that dies, Sits sorrow with a face so fair. Nowhere but here did ever meet Sweetness so sad, sadness so...
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cambridge english classics poems

434 pages
...to his sweetest Lippes. Then to his musick. And his song Tasts of this Breakfast all day long. VI. Not in the evening's eyes When they Red with weeping...meet Sweetnesse so sad, sadnesse so sweet. VII. When sorrow would be seen In her brightest majesty (For she is a Queen) Then is she drest by none but thee....
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