Poems (Taggart)/Summer Sunset
SUMMER SUNSET.
When the Sun's rich rays at setting Played upon the azure fair;Then my young heart secret whispered, "Eden's beauties linger here."
Happiness, the scene pervading, Offered me her downy hand;Swift we sped, the beauty fading, When she raised her magic wand:
Pointing far beyond these glories, Far beyond the crystal sky,"Seek me in those worlds more pleasant, Seek me in the realms on high."
She said, and vanished from my presence, I no more have seen her form;But she smiles with lasting radiance, Far beyond earth's blighting storm.