Queen Berengaria's Courtesy, and Other Poems By the Lady E. Stuart Wortley. In Three Vols |
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[Spring's golden Sun is in its evening hour]
Spring's golden Sun is in its evening hour,And tenderness o'er earth's new freshness broods;
That setting sun, now brightening o'er the woods,
Speaks still of change and parting, with deep power,
And tunes the proud strain of our feelings lower.
Evening is the autumn of the day—and moods
Of graver vein—while still one thought intrudes—
Come o'er our minds—when falls its golden shower
Of glittering beams around—and that one thought
Is of the passing of all earthly things—
Oh! this spring-evening's setting sun hath brought
Hints of calm wisdom to my soul, whose wings
At times, though folded, are full often taught
To soar where brightly play truth's hallowed springs!
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