SOFT FALLS THE NIGHT.This Poem is dedicated toMiss Anna Hall Smith.
This Poem is dedicated toMiss Anna Hall Smith.
Soft falls the night—And chases ’wayThe slowly dyingSummer day.The sun from hisEthereal height,Is curtained byThe shades of night.Soft falls the night—The birds that tuneTheir song with natureIn communeNow hush their laysSeek silent rest,Within their downyLeafy nests.Soft falls the night—Sweet peace divineIn each heart comesTo be enshrined,While angels pauseOn earth to show’rThe blessings ofThe sovereign pow’r.Soft falls the night—A peaceful sleepO’er earthly mortalsDoth now creep.They rest now fromTheir day’s pursuit—The world is still,The world is mute.Soft falls the night—The verdure greenNow glistens withA dewy sheen.The flowers droop,Their petals close,They dream awayIn sweet repose.Soft fades the night—Lo! breaks the dawn,And nature ’wakensWith the morn,ExultinglySends up her lays,Her symphonies,To God in praise.
Soft falls the night—And chases ’wayThe slowly dyingSummer day.The sun from hisEthereal height,Is curtained byThe shades of night.Soft falls the night—The birds that tuneTheir song with natureIn communeNow hush their laysSeek silent rest,Within their downyLeafy nests.Soft falls the night—Sweet peace divineIn each heart comesTo be enshrined,While angels pauseOn earth to show’rThe blessings ofThe sovereign pow’r.Soft falls the night—A peaceful sleepO’er earthly mortalsDoth now creep.They rest now fromTheir day’s pursuit—The world is still,The world is mute.Soft falls the night—The verdure greenNow glistens withA dewy sheen.The flowers droop,Their petals close,They dream awayIn sweet repose.Soft fades the night—Lo! breaks the dawn,And nature ’wakensWith the morn,ExultinglySends up her lays,Her symphonies,To God in praise.
Soft falls the night—And chases ’wayThe slowly dyingSummer day.The sun from hisEthereal height,Is curtained byThe shades of night.
Soft falls the night—
And chases ’way
The slowly dying
Summer day.
The sun from his
Ethereal height,
Is curtained by
The shades of night.
Soft falls the night—The birds that tuneTheir song with natureIn communeNow hush their laysSeek silent rest,Within their downyLeafy nests.
Soft falls the night—
The birds that tune
Their song with nature
In commune
Now hush their lays
Seek silent rest,
Within their downy
Leafy nests.
Soft falls the night—Sweet peace divineIn each heart comesTo be enshrined,While angels pauseOn earth to show’rThe blessings ofThe sovereign pow’r.
Soft falls the night—
Sweet peace divine
In each heart comes
To be enshrined,
While angels pause
On earth to show’r
The blessings of
The sovereign pow’r.
Soft falls the night—A peaceful sleepO’er earthly mortalsDoth now creep.They rest now fromTheir day’s pursuit—The world is still,The world is mute.
Soft falls the night—
A peaceful sleep
O’er earthly mortals
Doth now creep.
They rest now from
Their day’s pursuit—
The world is still,
The world is mute.
Soft falls the night—The verdure greenNow glistens withA dewy sheen.The flowers droop,Their petals close,They dream awayIn sweet repose.
Soft falls the night—
The verdure green
Now glistens with
A dewy sheen.
The flowers droop,
Their petals close,
They dream away
In sweet repose.
Soft fades the night—Lo! breaks the dawn,And nature ’wakensWith the morn,ExultinglySends up her lays,Her symphonies,To God in praise.
Soft fades the night—
Lo! breaks the dawn,
And nature ’wakens
With the morn,
Exultingly
Sends up her lays,
Her symphonies,
To God in praise.