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A Thought upon taking Leaue of some Friends.
How varied, how rich, in the light-curtain'd west
Glow the tints that the sun's setting majesty veil,
When through bright clouds disporting he sinks into rest,
And sheds his last radiance o'er mountain and dale.
Glow the tints that the sun's setting majesty veil,
When through bright clouds disporting he sinks into rest,
And sheds his last radiance o'er mountain and dale.
But the soft summer landscape shall soon fade away,
As twilight draws o'er it her mantle of dew;
The sky gleam no more with the gilding of day,
And silence and dimness o'ershadow the view.
As twilight draws o'er it her mantle of dew;
The sky gleam no more with the gilding of day,
And silence and dimness o'ershadow the view.
Yet lingering awhile, the last remnant of light
Through the dark blue expanse shoots a silvery ray,
And faint glimmering mildly recals to the sight
The charms that late shone in the landscape of day.
Through the dark blue expanse shoots a silvery ray,
And faint glimmering mildly recals to the sight
The charms that late shone in the landscape of day.
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So fleet the blithe visions of friendship and joy,
So fancy the dream of delight can restore,
And in fond recollection again we descry
Faint-imaged those pleasures that now are no more.
So fancy the dream of delight can restore,
And in fond recollection again we descry
Faint-imaged those pleasures that now are no more.
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