| Hunt and Lee, comps. The Book of the Sonnet. 1867. | | | | IV. Evening at Sea | | By David Lester Richardson (1801–1865) |
| | | HOW calm and beautiful! The broad sun now | |
| Behind its rosy curtain lingering stays; | |
| Yet, downward and above, the glorious rays | |
| Pierce the blue flood, and in the warm air glow, | |
| While clouds from either side, like pillars, throw | 5 |
| Their long gigantic shadows o’er the main;— | |
| Between their dusky bounds, like golden rain, | |
| Though still the sunbeams on the waves below | |
| A shower of radiance shed, the misty veil | |
| Of twilight spreads around; the orient sky | 10 |
| Is mingling with the sea; the distant sail | |
| Hangs like a dim-discovered cloud on high, | |
| And faintly bears the cold, unearthly ray, | |
Of yon pale moon, that seems the ghost of day.
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