~ ~n 1 EVENIN G. ! melting in th» roseate West, Day, calmly smiling, sinks to rest; And. deepening t.ight
... steals on lush, A mellowing halo fills the sky ! The sun's iast, languid, farewell beam glancing in the stream. While shadows, indistinct and pale, Flit, lengthening, the silent vale. Yet Eve delays to spread her cfcain darkness o'er the chequer'd plain But softly winds, dissolves anil sighs, dav, in seas splendour, dies, And o'er the land, and o'er the mam, Enchantment holds her tranquil ...