Cool Of The Day Other Poems PDF Download

Excerpt from The Cool of the Day, and Other Poems The Cool of the Day. Are queenly night hath quite possessed the throne But late made vacant by the exiled Sun; While loyal clouds that linger in the West Still wear his royal colors on the breast - Comes a brief pause, delicious in its sway, The rarest hour of summer's fairest day! A restful island in a restless sea - The rich andante of a symphony. Bathed in the beauty of the evening flush, Nature seems listening in a reverent hush - As if alert with quickened sense to hear The coming of some blessed presence near. Sweet odors rise from off the grasses slain, Like holy thoughts that follow heaven-sent pain - Infinite pathos thrills through earth and sky Like wedded rythm of song and poetry; My heart-strings pulsing to the self-same strain, A harp of joy, just lightly touched by pain - The tone of sadness serving to complete About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.