Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUNSET (IMPROMPTU DURING A WALK WITH E. CLAY), by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL Poet's Biography First Line: How pleasant 'tis at eventide Last Line: Where there is no more night. Subject(s): Angels; Heaven; Paradise | ||||||||
How pleasant 'tis at eventide To walk with friends we love: And think and speak of Him who died, And who now reigns above. Is there a subject half so sweet, On which our thoughts could dwell? No, 'tis a theme for angels meet, Though we of it may tell. The beauties that around we see, On this calm lovely eve, Show forth His love to you and me, If we this love believe. The sunset paints the western sky With colors fair and bright; But we will raise our wondering eye To scenes of heavenly light. The clouds that round their monarch stay A light and radiance gain; While those which tarry far away Such brightness ne'er attain. So those who, in this wilderness, Still near their Master stay, The beauty gain of holiness, Of heaven's own light a ray. Now, soon the darkening shades of night Will o'er these scenes be thrown, The sun's last ray of golden light Wiil far away be flown. Then hasten to our heavenly home, That land more fair, more bright; Where shades of darkness never come, Where there is no more night. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX IF THIS IS PARADISE by DORIANNE LAUX CONSECRATION HYMN by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL I DID THIS FOR THEE! WHAT HAST THOU DONE FOR ME? by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL A BIRTHDAY GREETING TO MY FATHER, 1860 by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL |
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