Poems (Holmes)/On Evening

by Alice Ann Holmes

Evening.

How beauteous and serene
 Is summer's tranquil night,
When Cynthia's silvery beams
 Supply the earth with light.

When stars are gently gleaming
 With radiance in the sky,
And angels vigils keeping,
 Commissioned from on high.

Though the notes of birds are hushed,
 Yet fragrance fills the air,
And the winds that softly blow
 No signs of tempest bear.

When the hum of toil has ceased
 That wakes with early dawn,
And saints to the spirit-land
 On wings of love are borne.

While stillness reigns supreme,
 O'er mountain, sea, and earth,
And Nature seems to worship
 The God who gave her birth.

Yes, beauteous is the scene
 When night doth daylight close,
And beneath the gilded sky
 All's wrapped in sweet repose.