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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright

Author: George Herbert
Published in 49 hymnals

Author: George Herbert

Herbert, George, M.A., the fifth son of Richard Herbert and Magdalen, the daughter of Sir Richard Newport, was born at his father's seat, Montgomery Castle, April 3, 1593. He was educated at Westminster School, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1611. On March 15, 1615, he became Major Fellow of the College, M.A. the same year, and in 1619 Orator for the University. Favoured by James I., intimate with Lord Bacon, Bishop Andrewes, and other men of influence, and encouraged in other ways, his hopes of Court preferment were somewhat bright until they were dispelled by the deaths of the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Hamilton, and then of King James himself. Retiring into Kent, he formed the resolution of taking Holy Orders… Go to person page >

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Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright. G. Herbert. [Virtue. Spring.] Appeared in his posthumous work, The Temple, 1633, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, as a poem on "Virtue." (The Chandos Classics, ed. 1887, p. 140.) It is a beautiful poem, but is unsuited as a hymn for congregational use, although found in a few collections for that purpose. I. Walton's reference to it in his Compleat Angler, 1653, is very tender and just: — "'PISCATOR.—And now, scholar! my direction for thy fishing is ended with this shower, for it has done raining. And now look about you, and see how pleasantly that meadow looks; nay, and the earth smells as sweetly too. Come, let me tell you what holy Herbert says of such days and showers as these; and then we will thank God that we enjoy them. "Sweet day, so cool’", &c.

-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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The World's Best Hymns (1892), p.196

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Instances (49)	First Line	Text Title	Refrain First Line	Authors	Meter	Publication Date
A Collection of Hymns: Supplementary to the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #393	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright					1859
A Selection of Sacred Songs. 2nd ed. #15	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1850
A Selection of Sacred Songs: for the use of schools and academies #15	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright	Our destiny		George Herbert		1842
Cantica Laudis: or, the American Book of Church Music #d265	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1850
Choral Harp for Sunday Schools #d131	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright		Thou must die	George Herbert		1865
Christian Hymns for Public and Private Worship: a collection compiled by a committee of the Cheshire Pastoral Association (11th ed.) #657	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1847
Enlarged Songs of Praise #650	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright				8.8.8.4	1931
Family Singing Book. Rev ed. with Supplement #d244	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1856
Grammar School Hymn Book #d228	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1871
Harmonia Ecclesiae: or, Companion to the Christian Minstrel #d225	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1853
Hymns for All Christians #L69	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert, 1593-		1869
Hymns for Children and Young Persons #d375	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1854
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination #962	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1865
Hymns for Christian Devotion: especially adapted to the Universalist denomination. (New ed.) #962	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1871
Hymns for Social Meetings #75	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1842
Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #188	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright					1853
Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #188	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright					1857
Hymns for the Hospital Chapel, Worcester #d197	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1850
Hymns for the Vestry and the Fireside #d272	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1841
Massachusetts Sabbath School Hymn Book #d170	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright	The soul's beauty unfading		George Herbert		1843
Mission Songs: a collection of hymns and music, designed for Sabbath schools #42	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright					1855
Plymouth Collection of Hymns and Tunes; for the use of Christian Congregations #317	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright			Herbert		1855
School Service Book #d31	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1865
Select Songs for the Singing Service in the Prayer Meeting and Sunday School #d254	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1885
Select Songs for the Sunday School #d258	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1884
Songs for Social and Public Worship #456	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright					1863
Songs for Social and Public Worship. Rev. ed. #d389	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1864
Songs for the School Room #d104	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1855
Songs of the Unity: a Selection of Lyrics for Public Worhip, with Tunes for Congregational Use #d184	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1859
Sunday School Melodies No. 1 #d10	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1860
The American School Hymn Book #XCII	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright					1854
The American School Hymn Book. (New ed.) #XCII	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright					1857
The American Seaman's Hymn Book: a Collection of Sacred Songs for the Use of Mariners #d182	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1826
The American Tune Book (Carmina Sacra, enlarged) #d353	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1869
The Boston Sunday School Hymn Book: with devotional exercises. (Rev. ed.) #148	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1844
The One Key Singer #d42	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1871
The Public School Singing Book: a collection of original and other songs, odes, hymns, anthems, and chants used in the various public schools #152	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright					1848
The Sabbath School Lyre #d142	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1856
The Sabbath School Lyre: a collection of hymns and music, original and selected, for general use in sabbath schools #63	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright					1848
The Sacred Minstrel #d82	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright	Our destiny		George Herbert		1856
The School Hymn-Book: for normal, high, and grammar schools #216	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			Herbert		1850
The School Psalter #d243	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1864
The Temple Harp #d298	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1872
The Vestry Harp #d169	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1858
The Wesleyan Sacred Harp: a collection of choice tunes and hymns for prayer class, and camp meetings, choirs, and congregational singing #100a	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright					1857
The Wesleyan Sacred Harp: a collection of choice tunes and hymns for prayer class and camp meetings, choirs and congregational singing #100a	Sweet day! so cool, so calm, so bright					1855
The World's Best Hymns #68	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1892
The World's Best Hymns. (New ed.) #129	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright			George Herbert		1894
Waters' Choral Harp: a new and superior collection of choice hymns and tunes, mostly new, written and composed for Sunday schools, missionary, revival, and social meetings, and for church worship #16	Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright		Thou must die			1863

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