The Red Cloud chief., 1897-06-04
THE Close Of Day.
SMITH.

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"The Close Of Day
LILLIAN SMITH.
The summe day is closed thu sun Ia set,
Well have they done their Office.
These bright hours.
The latest Of whose train goes swiftly out
In the red west. The green blades Of the
ground
Have risen, and herds have cropped It; the
young twig
Has spread Its plated tissues to the SUM;
Flowers Of the garden and the waste have
blown
And withered seeds have fallen upon the soil
From bursting cells aud In their graves
await
Their resurrection.
Insects from the pools
Have filed the air Il while with humming
wings.
That now are still forever; painted moths
Have wandered the blue sky, and died again
The mother bird hath broken from her brood
Their prison cell. or showed them from the
nest
Plumed for their earliest flight.
In bright a%lcoves,
In woodland cottage with barky walls.
In noissme cells Of the tumultuous town.
Mothers have clasped with Joy the new born
oabe;
Graves by the lonely forest, by the shore.
~ rivers and Of ocean. by the ways
OF the thronged city, have followed out
And filled and closed. This day hath parted
friends
That ne'er before were parted It hath knit
New friendship; Il hath seen the maiden
plight
Her faith and trust her peace TO him who lens
Had wooed. and 1t hath heard from lips which
late
Were eloquent with love. the first harsh words
That told the welded one her peace wa
flown.
Farewell 10 the sweet sunshine.
One glad day
Is added now to childhoods merry days,
Aud one calm day to those Of quiet age.
still the feet hours run on. and, AZ ! lean4
Amid the thickenlng darkness lamps are III,
by those who watch the dead. aud those who
twine.
Flowers for the bride, the mother from tn,
Eyes
OF her sick infant shades the painful light,
And sadly listens to its quick drawn breath.
The day is fast closing. Nature
seems to revel in her many farewell.
to the departing day. The beautiful
red rays of the setting sun casts it,
halo of splendor DER the carth's fail
landscape.
Green grasses and herbs seem I,
take on u deeper color; and every tre'
or blade of grass lifts its droopin,
head to cast its loving glances at tn
sunset. Here and there over earth
verdant summit are found sweet littl
blooming faces of blossoms: each littl
face turned so gently and trustingl,
to the happy rays of sunset AS if the,
sought its farewell kisses.
Once the deep silence is broken b.
the sweet twitter Of IA bird AZ it file
merrily to its nest: and it seems to sa
as it wings its course through the azur
skies. MAKE hastew Make haste!' 9Th
day is done"
The SNOW white lambs ON the yerdan
meadows, and the uneasy cows i
the leafy clover, cease from their feet
ing and start joyfully homeward, IA $
they too feel the coming of the ever
ing breezes,
Weary pedestrians seek their place
of abode, and sing praises to "Th
Heavenly Father for His bountif,
goodness towards them"
The laborers cease from their tot
and with light hearts and expecta,
hopes and joys, plod their wear
homeward way, aud, as they approac
that place of blest abode. sweet chill,
ish faces greet their loving ewes nm
they feel the happiness of the .tie In,
binds the loving hearts in ne
The farmer boy too, greets the n,
preaching twilight and traces his Zoo
steps to his place of rest, and. ms |
trips along is busily engaged buiI
ing castles in tho air. His day dream
are interrupted only by the trills OF
nightingale or, perchance some wi
creature seeking its resting pla,
brushes swiftly past him. only 10
noticed for a moment, and then 10
TO view.
Aud as we observe the careless 20
mer boy it is impossible TO refra
from saying In tho language Of h
poet
fhe enriew loli' The knoll of parting des
Ana lowing heri Winds slowl, set M !,
Ihe ploNman 81 ,ly plo,ls vi. home wand q,
Ana leave tle world ~ arAnesssndt ~ m,
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