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EVENING.
The sun has dropped down through the west;
And twilight deepens on:—
A wink and a pale wink, here and there,
So the stars come, one by one.

A thoughtful life is a pleasant life—
Yea—dreams in a wild-brier lane;
The air soft kindling with the moon
Midway of her stately reign.