Ah, it is a peerless even!

See, the broad red sun has set,

But his rays are quivering yet

Through nature's veil of violet,

Streaming bright o'er lake and hill;

But earth and forest lie so still--

We start, and check the rising tear,

'Tis beauty sleeping on her bier.

LIFE IN THE CLEARINGS
VERSUS THE BUSH

CHAPTER I
Belleville