Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1885-11-18
ALPENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
WHEN EVENING ooMETH ON.

When evening comcth on,
Slower and statelier IN the meilowing SKY
The fame like purple-shadowcd clouds arise;
Cooler and balmler doth the SOFT wind sigh !;
Lovelier, lonelier TO our wondering eyes
The softening landscape seems. The swai'
Swift, through the radiant vault; the Held
lark cries
His thrilling, sweet farewell; and twilight
or misty silence cross the far-off lands
When evening cometh on.
when evening cometh on,
Deeper and DREAMER grows the slumber-
Darker and drcarIor spreads the brlstlins
Bluer and heavier roll the hills that swell
In movelcss waves against the shimmering
Out from their haunts the insect hordes,
that dwell
Unseen by day, come thronglng forth to hold
Their ticeting hour OF rovel, and by the
Soft piplngs rise up from the. grasses COOL
When evening cometh on.
when evening cometh on,
Along their well-known paths with heavier
tread
The sad-eyed, lettering kline unurged return;
The peaceful sheep, by unseen shepherds
wend bleatlng to the hills, so well they learn
couch hath spread.
And through the purpllng mist the moon
doth yearn;
Pale gentle radiance, dear recurring dream,
Soft with the falling dew falls thy faint
beam.
When evening cometh on.
when evening oometh on,
Loosed from the days long toll, the clank-
ing teams
with hating steps pass on their Jostling
Their gearlngs slInted by the waning
Close by their heels the heedful collie strays;
All slowly fading I'm land of dreams.
TRANSPORTED spectres of the shrouding haze
Thus from LIES field the hearts fond hope
doth fade,
Thus doth the weary spirit seek the shade,
When evening cometh on.
When evening cometh on,
Across the dotted fields OF gathered grain
Tho soul of summer breathes deep repose,
Mysterious murmurIngs mingle on the
And from the blurred and blended brake
there flows
The undulating echoes of some stra'n
once heard in paradise, perchance-who
But now the whispering memory sadly
strnys
Along the dim rows OF the rustlng maize,
When evening cometh on.
When evening comcth on,
Anon there spreads upon the lingering air
The musk of weedy slopes and grasses dank,
And odors from far fields, unseon but fair,
With scent OF flowers from many shadowy
bank.
o, lost Eiysum art thou hiding there1
Flows yct that crystal stream whereof 1
All, ,wild-eyed Memory, fly from nights
depair;
Thy strong wings droop with heavier
weight of care
When evening cometh on.
When evening comcth on,
No sounding phrase can set the heart at
The settling gloom that crceps by wood
and stream,
The bars that lie along the smouldering
The tall and lonely silent trees that seem
To mock the grooming earth and turn 10
This waverlng flame, this agonizng dream.
All, all bring sorrow as the clouds bring
rain,
And evermore lifes struggle seemeth vain
When evening cometh on.
When evening cometh on,
Anoar doth Life stand by the great un.
In darkness reaching out her sentent hands;
PHILOSOPHERS and creeds alike arc thrown
Beneath her feet, and questioning she stands
Close on the brink, unfearlng and alone,
And lists the dull wave breaking on the
sands,
Albeit her thoughtful eyes are filed with
So lonely and so sad the sound she hears,
When evening cometh on.
When evening cometh on,
Vain seems the world, and vainer wise
mems thought.
All coors vanish when the sun goeth down.
Fame's purple mantle some proud soul
hath caught,
No better seems than doth the earth-stained
gown
Worn by Content. All names shall be for
got.
Death plucks the stars TO deck his sable
crown.
Tho far enchantment of the golden day
Far through the vale of shadows melt away
Whom evening comcth on.
When evening cometh on,
Love, only love, can stay the sinking SOUL
And smooth thoughts racking fever from
the brow:
The wounded heart Love only can console.
Whatever brings q balm for sorrow now,
SO must it be while this vexed earth shall
roll.
Take then the portion which the gods allow
Dear heart may i at last on thy warm
breast
Sink TO forgetfulness and silent rest
When evening comcth onp
Robert Burns WILSON, in Hdrpcr's Mdgdxfns.