A Summer Evening.

I.

The sun has sunk in the crimson west,
    And "around the languid eyes of day"
The Twilight's dreamy shadows rest
    And light and shade alternate play;
The winds are hushed, nor leaf nor flower
Is swayed with motion by their power.


II.

The fireflies with meteor lamps
    Arise from out the dewy lawn,
And there the elfin cricket chants
    His vespers when the day is gone,
And far above, the sky's coquette
With all her starry train is met.

George W. Doneghy

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George W. Doneghy

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George W. Doneghy, Simple Poetry

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II.

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III.

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Twilight.

The sun is sinking where the western hills
    The vision bounds with rugged summits old,
And with his latest beam he brightly gilds
    And crowns with amethyst and gold.

The distant music of a tinkling bell
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No discords mar the magic of the spell,
    And stealthily the twilight shadows creep.

And gently falls upon the listening ear--
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A Canadian Summer Evening.

The rose-tints have faded from out of the West,
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Behold, in the blue depths of ether afar,
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A penciled shade the sky doth sweep,
And transient glooms creep in to sleep
    Amid the orchard;
Fantastic breezes pull the trees
Hither and yon, to vagaries
    Of aspect tortured.

Then, like the downcast dreamy fringe
Of eyelids, when dim gates unhinge
    That locked their tears,
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So faint, it seems to fade again;
    Yet swiftly nears.

Now sparkles the air, all steely-bright,
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    Keen, quivering lines.
Ceased in a breath the showery sound;
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A Summer Day

White clouds, like thistledown at fault,
That drift through heaven's azure vault.
The sun beams down; the weedy ground
Vibrates with many an insect sound.
Blackberry-lilies in the noon
Lean to the creek with eyes a-swoon,
Where, in a shallow, silver gleams
Of minnows and a heron dreams
An old road, clouding pale the heat
Behind a slow hoof's muffled beat:
And there, hill-gazing at the skies,
A pond, within whose languor lies
A twinkle, like an eye that smiles
In thought; that with a dream beguiles
The day: a. dream of clouds that drift,
And arms the willow trees uplift,
Protectingly, as if to hide
The wildbird on its nest that cried.
Now mists that mass thesunset-dyes
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Diurnal.

    I

    A molten ruby clear as wine
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        The gold hangs on their limbs.

            Sweet morn, the South,
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            From his fragrant mouth,
            Sweet morn, the South
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    Keen scents of wild honey and rosy clover.


    II

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