The Poetry of Real Life A New Edition, Much Enlarged and Improved. By Henry Ellison |
ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET. |
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ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNSET.
The Sun is sinking, and, as he doth sink,He kisses the green brows of Earth once more,
Seeming to linger over sea and shore,
And, as endowed with sense, to pause, and think
How lovely his own work, on ocean's brink!
As if he sorrowed that his time was o'er,
And gathered all his loveliness in store
Into one parting glory, thence to drink
Rapture unspeakable! Oh lovely sight!
E'en as some angel, parting in the light
And glory of his presence, from the side
Of one with whom he journeyed as a guide,
So sinks yon' Sun, in glory infinite,
And leaves the Earth behind him sanctified!
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