THE ECHO OF THE SUNSET.

Auckland Star, Volume XXI, Issue 104, 3 May 1890, Page 3 (Supplement)

THE ECHO OF THE SUNSET.

[ I marked the son, at the sKli evetdng'hous I -Slope slowlytowat^eWie'Weetiv■ ■." '-■ •'- Touoning both MU «»d cloud -?vitb. rsdiant power ' Ere he passed to his rest O'er sea and cloud the dazzling splendour lay ;; In vaTiei red »nd gold, . , j to bid sweet fare well to the day Whose hours were well-nigh told. . , Rioher and fairer o'er the solemn scene Aβ evening shadows fell, In lustrous throbbing waves.the gdldenj In on Yetlinseflngseemea to dwell Until the gold grew dimmed and sombre-groy On all things settled down, . And grave Sad hues hung - , on the waning day And the fair sun was gone. , I turned me from tie scene, JU>, far away, Pterclflg tHe easteW /"- array. ; tiiftedtlielr sumtoitsMgh, The eun was down, yet on their lofty crest ■ echo of hie light, In roseato lustre every peak pt»s«Bt - '. ; :' ; ) ffairand serenely bright. [Bo when some noble life forsakes our earth, r sun sirikefroni our "view, ■ 'TWeiffSSßJiee that o'er danger, eoiY6w,-mirta, AMreffulgence threw* > 'WeseesHo more: yet asitleovesour gaze Its echo, bacJ:wa»Q'thrown, Ttererberates'liketlieredsevenißgblasse Whea the great sun «oes do wo, lives that remain, its influence repeat tm kindung cowl or ftrate, BidSJng them rise, and defeat. Some highoppoint to gain. Tho M woMeare left Dwelling amongst us still, Idke the. bright echo, o( the sun bereft, liiektiiic: tie eastern hill. ; ;, : \ The deeds he did are ours, earth's" heritage Written in lines of gold, r Engraven on the fair Bistorio page Which his descendants hold. . . . ; "So arwoinatk theßtm'fdeparUnglJght Re-echoed on the bill, Leara weaswellweinfluenQepureaudbiiKiit That divells among' tie Btm. tieft by the mighty dead, till heatb and Soul Beoorno more free from stain, . AndWβ press onward to the distant goal Which we have seen them gain. E. H. Gd£(Tjvbb.