Poems (Argent)/An Autumn Sunset

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AN AUTUMN SUNSET.
BENEATH the glowing western sky, Drop down, O Autumn sun, and glow  With fervent light on all below,That half in sombre shadows lie.
Tinge with thy rosy kiss the wave  That ripples o'er the dusky bay,  Foaming with crystals far away,Where breakers roar and billows rave,
To see the ocean now were sweet,  To feel the breezes lightly rest  On tired brain and weary breast,And waters murmuring round one's feet
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Would thrill this pulse and fire this eye  With wild delight, and bid me rise  Above myself to brighter skies,Whose glories do not fade or die.
Just one last gleam o'er flow'r and tree  Tells that the night is nigh at hand,  With her still beauty, soft, yet grand,Enfolding earth and sky and sea.
So gently pass away, fair day,  In blood-red grandeur to thy rest,  Like some old warrior's waving crest,Gleaming in splendour far away.

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