Till, with that song of praise, The hearts of those who gaze With solemn feelings of delight are blending. Then from those portals bright Breaks with unearthly glory on the vision; These pass like thought away! Rest on the heart,- —as dew-drops round adorning Feed them through night's dark hours, And keep them fresh and living till the morning. Thus should the sunset hour, With soul-absorbing power, Nurse by its glories the immortal spirit; To realms of cloudless light, Regions its God had formed it to inherit. Fair, bright, and sweet is Morn! In all its beauty is to sense appealing; With more than earthly thought, BARTON. TWILIGHT. T is the hour when from the boughs The nightingale's high note is heard; It is the hour when lovers' vows Seem sweet in every whispered word; And gentle winds, and waters near, Each flower the dews have lightly wet, And in the sky the stars are met, And on the wave is deeper blue, And on the leaf a browner hue, As Twilight melts beneath the moon away. BYRON. TWILIGHT. LOVE thee, Twilight! as thy shadows roll Still as the hour, enchanting as the scene. I love thee, Twilight, for thy gleams impart And Joy and Sorrow, as the spirit burns, And Hope and Memory sweep the chord by turns. MONTGOMERY TWILIGHT SCENE IN ITALY. HE moon is up, and yet it is not night- Of glory streams along the Alpine height While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest A single star is at her side, and reigns Which streams upon her stream, and glassed within it glows, Filled with the face of heaven, which, from afar, Comes down upon the waters; all its hues, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change; a paler shadow strews Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang embues The last still loveliest, till-'tis gone-and all is grey. BYRON. THE SONG OF NIGHT. COME to thee, O Earth! With all my gifts:- for every flower sweet dew, The glory of its birth. Not one which glimmering lies But, through its veins of beauty, so receives A spirit of fresh dyes. I come with every star, Making thy streams, that on their noon-day track Mirrors of worlds afar. I come with peace; I shed Sleep through thy wood-walks o'er the honey-bee, On my own heart I lay The weary babe, and, sealing with a breath I come with mightier things! Who calls me silent? I have many tones,— I waft them not alone From the deep organ of the forest shades, But in the human breast A thousand still small voices I awake, I bring them from the past: From crushed affections, which, though long o'erborne, Make their tone heard at last. I bring them from the tomb: O'er the sad couch of late repentant love I come with all my train: Who calls me lonely?-hosts around me tread, Looks from departed eyes, These are my lightnings!-filled with anguish vain They smite with agonies. I, that with soft control, Shut the dim violet, hush the woodland song, I, that shower dewy light Through slumbering leaves, bring storms!—the tempest. birth Of memory, thought, remorse:-be holy, earth!— I am the solemn Night! MRS. HEMANS. A WINTER NIGHT. WINTER night; the stormy wind is hight, And mournfully surveys the starless sky : To tend his fleecy charge in drifted snow, |