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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GOOD NIGHT, by GEORGE HILL
First Line: The sun has sunk behind the hills
Last Line: Good-night--good-night!
First Line: The sun has sunk behind the hills
Last Line: Good-night--good-night!
The sun has sunk behind the hills,
The shadows o'er the landscape creep;
A drowsy sound the woodland fills,
And nature folds her arms to sleep:
Good-night--good-night.
The chattering jay has ceased his din--
The noisy robin sings no more--
The crow, his mountain haunt within,
Dreams 'mid the forest's surly roar:
Good-night--good-night.
The sunlit cloud floats dim and pale;
The dew is falling soft and still;
The mist hangs trembling o'er the vale,
And silence broods o'er yonder mill:
Good-night--good-night.
The rose, so ruddy in the light,
Bends on its stem all rayless now,
And by its side the lily white,
A sister shadow, seems to bow:
Good-night--good-night.
The bat may wheel on silent wing--
The fox his guilty vigils keep--
The boding owl his dirges sing:
But love and innocence will sleep:
Good-night--good-night!
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