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EVENING LAMPS.
The trees stand dim along the bank,
In the sky float purple clouds;
Inverted in the stream below,
Dim trees and purple clouds!
In the sky float purple clouds;
Inverted in the stream below,
Dim trees and purple clouds!
Out from the gray and dusky shore
A single lamp now gleams,
And, trembling far upon the tide,
Its red reflection streams.
A single lamp now gleams,
And, trembling far upon the tide,
Its red reflection streams.
No other light is kindled yet
On the earth, or near or far,
And but one lamp in heaven is set,—
The holy evening star.
On the earth, or near or far,
And but one lamp in heaven is set,—
The holy evening star.
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Soon shall be lighted other lamps,
From every window burn;
And the laborers, guided by their rays,
Shall homeward gladly turn.
From every window burn;
And the laborers, guided by their rays,
Shall homeward gladly turn.
Soon, too, shall countless lamps, God-lighted,
In the high heavens gleam,
And the traveller, on his way benighted,
Shall bless their holy beam.
In the high heavens gleam,
And the traveller, on his way benighted,
Shall bless their holy beam.
Cambridge, 1839.
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