Poems by the late John Bethune With a sketch of the author's life, by his brother |
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WARNING GIVEN BY THE SETTING SUN—1831. |
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WARNING GIVEN BY THE SETTING SUN—1831.
The tranquil stillness of the evening hourBrings to my mind the deeper hush of death;
To me, the breathing zephyrs have a power,
Which speaks of the last sigh of parting breath:
Even the bright sun, as slow he sinks away,
Thus writes with his red beam upon the lake:
“Many bright eyes which shone with me, to-day,
With me, to-morrow, shall no more awake!”
| Poems by the late John Bethune | |