Resigns his throne to “sober suited even,”

But decorates while he deserts the sky.

His noonday beams, insufferably bright,

Are now succeeded by a milder blaze,

And every slanting filament of light

Heaven’s kind and cheering effluence conveys.

Now let me wend my solitary way

Where groves and lawns present alternate charms;—

Gaze on the glories of the waning day,

Till night shall fold me in her dusky arms.