On landscape charms I glance;

The city's distant hum is lull'd to rest,

Athwart the sunset dark'ning clouds advance.

And shut from sight the rosy west;

A dreamy orison enshrines my heart.

Deep shelter'd in the sacred haunts of home,

Where elfin sprites among the eeries dart,

Irradiate in the gloam.

Shine out, sweet love, unveil