Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUNSET CLOUDS, by MAUD BROCKETT FINCH


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SUNSET CLOUDS, by                    
First Line: The sunset clouds are gathering over yonder in the west
Last Line: Oh! Sunset clouds, good-by.
Subject(s): Clouds; Evening; Sunset; Twilight


The sunset clouds are gathering over yonder in the west,
While the sun is sinking slowly as all nature goes to rest;
The gold and silver lining shows the clouds in bright array,
As the evening shadows linger at the closing of the day.
Oh! Sunset Clouds, we love thee.

No one can paint the beauty of the sunset clouds so fair;
Their rainbow tints are glittering like jewels rich and rare,
A flame of light and glory as they're rolling o'er and o'er
In perfect gleams of splendor that will last forevermore.
Oh! Sunset Clouds, we adore thee.

The twilight shadows lengthen scattering dewdrops on the flowers,
The sunset clouds are hovering o'er all the leafy bowers.
Be quick, my soul, to grasp the hand that paints them in the sky,
The Lord of all the Universe, no mortal can deny.
Oh! Sunset Clouds, good-by.





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