THE SIXTH-DAY NIGHT.

"Sweet to the soul the parting ray,

Which ushers placid evening in,

When with the still expiring day,

The Sabbath's peaceful hours begin;

How grateful to the anxious breast,

The sacred hours of holy rest!

I love the blush of vernal bloom,

When morning gilds night's sullen tear:

And dear to me the mournful gloom