EVENING THOUGHTS.

BY H. MERRAN PARKE.

TWILIGHT deepens upon the lea,

And shadows come dancing in play with me;

Little brown birds have hurried away

To their nests in the tree-tops old and gray,

While here at my window I lean and gaze

Earnestly into the misty haze,

Watching the coming of one sweet star

Which thou'rt now seeking from me afar.