NOW silent Evening gently smiles around,
And cooling dews refresh the thirsty ground,
Departing Sol adorns the west afar,
With gentle lustre shines the evening star,
And now the moon, fair empress of the night,
From the blue vault emits her sacred light;
Her silver beams illume the blue serene,
And round her throne a thousand orbs are seen,
Which roll for ever in their different spheres,
To endless ages and unnumber’d years.
Now hush’d and tranquil are the cares of day
The feather’d songsters cease their tuneful lay;
The flute’s soft notes break on the passing breeze,
Which softly stirs the scarcely-moving trees;
Now here and there a sable cloud is seen,
Adding fresh grandeur to the glorious scene.
Fair, lovely Cynthia! thy benignant ray
Befriends the weary traveller on his way,
Shews the brave seaman where to ply the oar,
When o’er his bark the dashing billows roar,
Now is reflection sweet–retirement, bliss,
If aught is blissful in a world like this.
Now Fancy, free, exerts her utmost power
To cheer and animate the lonely hour;
With anxious steps explores each favour’d spot,
Retraces scenes, alas! too long forgot,
Dwells with regret on joys for ever fled;
And wanders o’er the regions of the dead.
We heave the sigh and drop Affection’s tears
For lov’d companions of our happier years,
Who long departed from this world of woe,
View from high Heaven their mortal friends below;
Now heavenly Saints within that bless’d abode,
By kindred Angels led unto their God.
Oh! blessed hope, to meet them there above,
With faith renewed, and more exalted love!
Now mild religion hushes every fear,
And mingles comfort with the falling tear,
Bids us to hope a better world than this,
Where reigns eternal, never varied bliss;
Our hearts, refined by pure celestial joys,
Shall bid adieu to earth with all its toys–
Pure as the azure of yon spangled sky,
Rejoice for ever in the realms on high.
(Mary Abel Clinckett)
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