Evening Sky, An
When the ripe sun has sunk beneath the hills
And his reflected splendors limn the skies,
Completer knowledge of his lustres fills
Men's minds than when, blinding their dazzled eyes,
His radiance glowed o'erhead. The Parthian rays
That touch the tumbling clouds with fleeting fire
Our comprehension fit, and tardy praise
The flickerings sooner than the flame inspire.
A sense of parting and swift strides of change
O'erwhelm our thoughts and, sighing, we esteem
At last, by what is not, the power and range
Of all that was. So the expiring gleam
Of human might may wrest from men at last
The tribute grudged it till its strength was past.
And his reflected splendors limn the skies,
Completer knowledge of his lustres fills
Men's minds than when, blinding their dazzled eyes,
His radiance glowed o'erhead. The Parthian rays
That touch the tumbling clouds with fleeting fire
Our comprehension fit, and tardy praise
The flickerings sooner than the flame inspire.
A sense of parting and swift strides of change
O'erwhelm our thoughts and, sighing, we esteem
At last, by what is not, the power and range
Of all that was. So the expiring gleam
Of human might may wrest from men at last
The tribute grudged it till its strength was past.
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