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Jupiter as the Evening Star
Calm o'er the hills the evening star
Majestic rises on the sight,
Sending its brilliant rays afar
To wake our wonder and delight.
Majestic rises on the sight,
Sending its brilliant rays afar
To wake our wonder and delight.
The evening shadows gently fall
On all the varied landscape round,
And a deep silence broods o'er all,
As Nature sinks in sleep profound.
On all the varied landscape round,
And a deep silence broods o'er all,
As Nature sinks in sleep profound.
And stilled the tumults in the breast,
As on the lovely scene I gaze;
For every feeling is at rest,
Save that which fills the heart with praise.
As on the lovely scene I gaze;
For every feeling is at rest,
Save that which fills the heart with praise.
The hills are touched by the soft beams;
As Memory lights the gathering shade,
Where youth's bright hopes and golden dreams,
In years long past, grow dim and fade.
As Memory lights the gathering shade,
Where youth's bright hopes and golden dreams,
In years long past, grow dim and fade.
Shine lonely Star! the heart to cheer
With feelings pure, serene, and high,
Above this dark and earthly sphere,
Where youth's fair visions never die.
With feelings pure, serene, and high,
Above this dark and earthly sphere,
Where youth's fair visions never die.
Poem No. 86; c. 16 September 1879
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