Poems (Argent)/An Autumn Sunset
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AN AUTUMN SUNSET.
BENEATH the glowing western sky,
Drop down, O Autumn sun, and glow
With fervent light on all below,
That half in sombre shadows lie.
Drop down, O Autumn sun, and glow
With fervent light on all below,
That half in sombre shadows lie.
Tinge with thy rosy kiss the wave
That ripples o'er the dusky bay,
Foaming with crystals far away,
Where breakers roar and billows rave,
That ripples o'er the dusky bay,
Foaming with crystals far away,
Where breakers roar and billows rave,
To see the ocean now were sweet,
To feel the breezes lightly rest
On tired brain and weary breast,
And waters murmuring round one's feet
To feel the breezes lightly rest
On tired brain and weary breast,
And waters murmuring round one's feet
Would thrill this pulse and fire this eye
With wild delight, and bid me rise
Above myself to brighter skies,
Whose glories do not fade or die.
With wild delight, and bid me rise
Above myself to brighter skies,
Whose glories do not fade or die.
Just one last gleam o'er flow'r and tree
Tells that the night is nigh at hand,
With her still beauty, soft, yet grand,
Enfolding earth and sky and sea.
Tells that the night is nigh at hand,
With her still beauty, soft, yet grand,
Enfolding earth and sky and sea.
So gently pass away, fair day,
In blood-red grandeur to thy rest,
Like some old warrior's waving crest,
Gleaming in splendour far away.
In blood-red grandeur to thy rest,
Like some old warrior's waving crest,
Gleaming in splendour far away.